Bernard Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Mehlville R-IX School District, Bernard Middle School is the 2nd largest, with 5.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 560 students, so Bernard Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 7 with 196 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 190, against an average of 192 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 190 in grade 6 and 191 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 81.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across Mehlville R-IX (78.8%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

27.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.1% across Mehlville R-IX and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 11.3% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Bernard Middle School has 43.36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 577 students would have about 44.4 teachers, so Bernard Middle School has 1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri middle schools (13).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other middle school is Margaret Buerkle Middle School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. There are 7 middle schools within 5 miles and 25 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.