Fox Middle, Arnold MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Fox Middle

Fox Middle is a regular public school in Arnold, Missouri, serving grades six through eight as part of the Fox C-6 School District. It is the only middle school in a district that feeds into Fox High School, and sits in a suburban St. Louis community that is the most populous in Jefferson County. Arnold is car-oriented, with its commercial and civic life concentrated along highway-served corridors like Jeffco Boulevard rather than a walkable downtown.

The school enrolls a middle-school-sized student body that is predominantly white. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. State testing data from the most recent school year showed math proficiency that started at a solid level for sixth graders, dropped noticeably for seventh graders, and declined further for eighth graders. English language arts proficiency was consistent across all three grades, landing at a moderate level. Eighth grade science proficiency tracked lower. When measured against other districts in Jefferson County using a composite proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades, Fox Middle placed below the midpoint of the county's districts. This pattern, with math performance falling off in the upper middle grades, is something a parent may want to investigate further with the school to understand how math instruction and student support shift between sixth and eighth grade.

The school did not report chronic absenteeism or graduation data; because it serves only middle grades, a graduation rate does not apply, and the absence of absenteeism data is a gap a parent may wish to ask about. No program or course access data was available, so the picture of what electives, arts, or advanced coursework are offered is incomplete.

The Arnold community provides a mix of residential neighborhoods, apartments, and retirement communities, with a strong retail and industrial base. Major employers include the Fox C-6 School District itself, as well as a Walmart Supercenter, a large Metal Container Corporation can-manufacturing plant, and a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency office. The city maintains a variety of parks, a recreation center, and a public library. Public transit is limited to a county deviated fixed-route service. The area has experienced Meramec River flooding in the past.

The district brief turned up no recent major changes that would be relevant to a parent's decision, such as bond measures, boundary shifts, or new program launches. For a family considering Fox Middle, the core academic picture is of moderate proficiency that slips in math as students progress through the grades, set in a suburban context with the typical strengths and limitations of a car-dependent St. Louis metro community. The lack of published information on programs and attendance patterns leaves open questions that would best be answered through a school visit or a conversation with the principal.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 55% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 53% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 34% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 45% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 43% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 55% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 839%

School 39% · District 48% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolFOX C-6, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income30%Higher-income49%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income25%Higher-income50%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income47%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income65%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income45%14 pp gap