Grand Center Arts Acad Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · St. Louis, Missouri
Grand Center Arts Acad Middle in St. Louis, Missouri enrolled 218 students in 2024-25 with 19.2 full-time teachers, 11.4 students per teacher against the Missouri middle-school median of 13.0. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 30-34% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Missouri: 43.2% and 40.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 4% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 1%
210 students in 2022-23, 193 students in 2023-24, 218 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 19.0 to 19.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 210 | 19.0 | 11.1 |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 19.7 | 9.8 |
| 2024-25 | 218 | 19.2 | 11.4 |
11.4 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 84 of every 100 Missouri middle schools
Among the 389 Missouri middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.0; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 174 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Grand Center Arts Acad Middle enrolled 174 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 56 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 174 of the 174 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions56
- Chronically absent38.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
78.4% of students were Black, 16.5% White, 2.3% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Black78.4%
- White16.5%
- Two or more races2.3%
- Hispanic1.8%
- American Indian0.9%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Grand Center Arts Acad Middle scored proficient or above: 30-34% in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Missouri, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 30‑34% | 21% | 43.2% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 25‑29% | 17% (2021-22) | 40.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in St. Louis
8 public middle schools in St. Louis report 2024-25 enrollment; Grand Center Arts Acad Middle is number 6 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truman Middle School | 816 | 16.3 | 10.0% |
| Gateway Science Academy Middle | 426 | 12.0 | 52.1% |
| Ladue Fifth Grade Center | 357 | 12.5 | 7.0% |
| Acad of Entre Stdy@Louverture | 289 | 11.1 | 100.0% |
| Kairos Academies | 228 | 13.4 | 68.0% |
| Grand Center Arts Acad Middle | 218 | 11.4 | 100.0% |
| La Salle Charter School | 115 | 10.5 | 97.4% |
| Hawthorn Middle | 53 | 6.8 | 94.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Grand Center Arts Acad Middle
- North Side Community-Grand CtrThe nearest public middle school, under 0.1 miles away: 134 students, 7.9 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Carr Lane Vpa MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 1.0 miles away: 396 students, 12.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
- Compare Grand Center Arts Acad Middle with North Side Community-Grand CtrStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Confluence Academies spends per student$23,552 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$23,552
- The largest public schools in MissouriGrand Center Arts Acad Middle is the number 311 by size of 390 Missouri middle schools open in 2024-25.#311 of 390
- Missouri schools by students per teacher11.4 students per teacher here against the Missouri median of 13.0 for middle schools.11.4:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Grand Center Arts Acad Middle
How many students attend Grand Center Arts Acad Middle?
218 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 210 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in St. Louis, MO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Grand Center Arts Acad Middle?
11.4 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Missouri median for middle schools is 13.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Grand Center Arts Acad Middle a Title I school?
Grand Center Arts Acad Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Grand Center Arts Acad Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Grand Center Arts Acad Middle scored proficient or above: 30-34% in reading in 2021-22 and 25-29% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Missouri's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Grand Center Arts Acad Middle in?
Confluence Academies, NCES district ID 2900579. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 290057903345 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.