WILDWOOD MIDDLE

Located at 17401 MANCHESTER RD, in WILDWOOD, Missouri, WILDWOOD MIDDLE is an average-sized middle school that enrolls 538 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ROCKWOOD R-VI.

Within ROCKWOOD R-VI, which oversees 30 schools and 19,597 students, WILDWOOD MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WILDWOOD MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Asian, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting WILDWOOD MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILDWOOD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.1%.

In the area at large, St. Louis County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. WILDWOOD MIDDLE is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: POND ELEM., around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILDWOOD MIDDLE comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WILDWOOD MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 538). White enrollment moved from 78% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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