Rockwood Valley Middle School
Public middle school in Wildwood, Missouri · Rockwood R-VI School District · Grades 6–8
Rockwood Valley Middle School serves 643 students in grades 6–8 in Wildwood (St. Louis County). It is one of 30 schools in Rockwood R-VI School District. By enrollment it is the 100th largest of 395 public middle schools in Missouri (median 426 students). With 13.7 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri middle school (13).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 395 Missouri middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 47.06 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Rockwood R-VI School District |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Rural, fringe |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 292685002688 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Rockwood R-VI | Missouri middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 643 | 19,597 | 426 |
| Students per teacher | 13.7 | 14.2 | 13 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 7% | 12.5% | 48.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 63% of Missouri middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Rockwood Valley Middle School in context
Size
Of the 6 middle schools in Rockwood R-VI School District, Rockwood Valley Middle School is the 4th largest, with 3.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 6.2 miles away and have a median of 809 students, so Rockwood Valley Middle School is smaller than most of them.
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 6 with 232 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 203, against an average of 214 per grade. This year grade 8 has 10% fewer students than grade 6 (208 against 232). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 77.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Rockwood R-VI (74.3%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 12.5% across Rockwood R-VI and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 2.5% 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
Rockwood Valley Middle School has 47.06 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.7 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 643 students would have about 49.5 teachers, so Rockwood Valley Middle School has 2.4 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 rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other middle school is Wildwood Middle School, 2 miles away in the same district. There are 3 middle schools within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 77.1% |
| Asian | 9% |
| Black | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |
| Hispanic | 4.5% |
50.4% of students are girls and 49.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 232 |
| Grade 7 | 203 |
| Grade 8 | 208 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1220 Babler Park Dr., Wildwood, MO 63038
Phone: (636)733-4270
Website: rsdmo.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Rockwood Valley Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Middle School | Rockwood R-VI | 2.0 mi | 538 | 10.8 | 13.4% |
| Crestview Middle School | Rockwood R-VI | 3.8 mi | 1,091 | 14.4 | 13.4% |
| Lasalle Springs Middle School | Rockwood R-VI | 4.4 mi | 927 | 16.3 | 9.6% |
| Selvidge Middle School | Rockwood R-VI | 5.9 mi | 583 | 11.8 | 16% |
| West Middle School | Parkway C-2 | 6.5 mi | 814 | 14.1 | 10.6% |
| Bryan Middle School | Francis Howell R-III | 6.8 mi | 827 | 15.6 | 16.9% |
| Francis Howell Middle School | Francis Howell R-III | 7.5 mi | 799 | 16.2 | 9% |
| Southwest Middle School | Parkway C-2 | 8.2 mi | 803 | 14.9 | 16.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.