Francis Howell Middle School

Size

Francis Howell Middle School is the 2nd largest of Francis Howell R-III School District's 5 middle schools; its 799 students are 4.7% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 3.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 848; Francis Howell 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 8 with 280 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 257, against an average of 266 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 262 in grade 6 and 280 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 79.5% here and 73.8% across Francis Howell R-III. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 16.3% across Francis Howell R-III and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 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

With 49.24 full-time-equivalent teachers for 799 students, Francis Howell Middle School has 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 799 students would have about 61.5 teachers, so Francis Howell Middle School has 12.3 fewer.

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

Location

Francis Howell Middle School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other middle school is Bryan Middle School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 16 other middle schools, 5 of them within 5 miles.

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