Walden Middle School

Size

Of the 4 middle schools in Park Hill School District, Walden Middle School is the largest, with 6.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 4.4 miles away and have a median of 663 students, so Walden 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 250 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 230, against an average of 243 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 230 in grade 6 and 250 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 60.5% of enrollment, about the same share as across Park Hill (61.5%). Black students are next, at 14.2%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

30.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 29% across Park Hill and a median of 48.6% for Missouri middle schools. 11.9% 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

Walden Middle School has 56.05 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13 students per teacher. At the median Missouri middle school ratio of 13, a school with 730 students would have about 56.2 teachers, so Walden Middle School has about as many as that.

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 city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other middle school is Lakeview Middle School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. There are 5 middle schools within 5 miles and 19 within 10 miles.

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