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Enrollment
604
Middle
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON·NCES 290972002584
WYDOWN MIDDLE
6500 WYDOWN, CLAYTON, MO 63105 · (314) 854-6400 · St. Louis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Missouri public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
70 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 190 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 218 | 36% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WYDOWN MIDDLE→CLAYTON HIGH
Based on grade levels within CLAYTON. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
78.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.2% | 32.3% | 26.3% | 5.1% |
| Math | 51.1% | 26.9% | 16.8% | 5.1% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.9% | 74.4% |
| 2022-23 | 68.7% | 67.3% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 67.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WYDOWN MIDDLE
WYDOWN MIDDLE's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYDOWN MIDDLE this school | 604 | 11.6% | 70.3% |
| WILDWOOD MIDDLE WILDWOOD | 538 | 13.4% | 65.0% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE BALLWIN | 803 | 16.6% | 50.7% |
| ROCKWOOD VALLEY MIDDLE WILDWOOD | 643 | 7.0% | 65.8% |
| JOHN WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL COLUMBIA | 579 | 11.6% | 70.5% |
| CENTRAL MIDDLE CHESTERFIELD | 881 | 17.0% | 54.1% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WYDOWN MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #6 of 379 | #3 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #4 of 380 ▲ 2 | #1 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #6 of 380 ▼ 1 | #5 of 51 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #124 of 364 | #20 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #115 of 397 | #26 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #7 of 321 | #1 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #46 of 321 | #10 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #370 of 379 | #44 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #143 of 224 | #23 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
604
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 604 | 64.3 | 9.4:1 | 12% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 58.4 | 9.8:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 60.8 | 9.5:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 61 | 10.3:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 61.5 | 10.7:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 60 | 10.8:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 63 | 9.6:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 59 | 10.8:1 | 15% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 36 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WYDOWN MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (655 to 604); teachers up 5% (61.5 to 64.3).
About WYDOWN MIDDLE
WYDOWN MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in CLAYTON, Missouri. Federal data show 604 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Missouri average about 461 students, which makes this school 31% bigger than average.
A total of 5 schools make up CLAYTON, with 2,367 students enrolled.
The share of White students at WYDOWN MIDDLE is 59%, a majority. The remaining students are 17% Black, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put St. Louis County at about 62% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. Middle schools in Missouri have an average ratio of 13.0:1. At WYDOWN MIDDLE, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, WYDOWN MIDDLE lands at A+, ahead of 97% of Missouri public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WYDOWN MIDDLE is 14.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.3% actual, 55.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
Census data for St. Louis County show the median household earns about $82,936 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in St. Louis County number 275, with about 134,601 students.
WYDOWN MIDDLE's nearest public school is RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM. (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WYDOWN MIDDLE. WYDOWN MIDDLE places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, WYDOWN MIDDLE is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decrease, from 627 to 604.
People who know WYDOWN MIDDLE can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAYTON
- CLAYTON HIGHHigh · 788 students
- MERAMEC ELEM.Elementary · 368 students
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- FAMILY CTR.Elementary
Other schools in CLAYTON
- CLAYTON HIGHHigh · 788 students
- MERAMEC ELEM.Elementary · 368 students
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.High · 44 students
- FAMILY CTR.Elementary
Nearby schools
- RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM.0.0 mi · 286
- DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES0.9 mi · 337
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.0.9 mi · 321
- FLYNN PARK ELEM.1.0 mi · 323
- JULIA GOLDSTEIN EARLY CHILD.1.2 mi · 123
- MRH ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About WYDOWN MIDDLEHow large is WYDOWN MIDDLE?
WYDOWN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 604 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WYDOWN MIDDLE serve?
WYDOWN MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does WYDOWN MIDDLE have?
WYDOWN MIDDLE employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WYDOWN MIDDLE?
Student demographics at WYDOWN MIDDLE are roughly 59% White, 4% Hispanic, 17% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is WYDOWN MIDDLE in?
WYDOWN MIDDLE is part of CLAYTON.
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