Crestview Middle, Ellisville MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Crestview Middle

Crestview Middle is a regular public school serving grades six through eight in the Rockwood R-VI school district. The school is located in Ellisville, a western outer-ring suburb of St. Louis where most residents commute to jobs outside the city limits. The town is car-dependent, with commercial life concentrated along arterial roads in shopping centers and big-box retail rather than a traditional downtown core. Ellisville has seen multi-family residential growth recently, including new apartment construction, and voters in the district have approved two no-tax-rate-increase bond issues in recent years, funding a new elementary school, safety upgrades, HVAC replacements, and technology infrastructure across the district.

The student body is roughly as large as a typical suburban middle school for this grade band. Economically, a modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially and ethnically, the school is majority white, with a substantial Asian student population and smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available for this profile.

State assessment results show a pattern that varies by subject and grade. In English language arts, the school performs at a level that would be considered strong across all three grades, with the highest proficiency seen in eighth grade. In science, tested only in eighth grade, the school also shows a solid proficiency rate. In mathematics, the picture is more uneven. Sixth and seventh graders test at levels that are comparable to the school’s strong ELA results, but eighth-grade math proficiency drops off sharply. This is a notable soft spot; a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what drives the decline and whether supports are in place for eighth-grade math.

The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile among districts in St. Louis County, a cohort of two dozen districts. This comparison speaks to Crestview Middle’s relative academic standing within its county.

The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and no Title I status was reported. Because Crestview Middle serves only middle school grades, it has no graduation rate to report. No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing was available in this profile.

The housing context in the school’s zip code shows home values above the national benchmark and rents that are also elevated, consistent with a well-established suburban area. The median listing price in St. Louis County has seen a modest year-over-year decline, while the number of active listings has grown, giving buyers somewhat more options than in the recent past.

For a family considering Crestview Middle, the academic picture is generally strong, with the exception of the eighth-grade math result that warrants a closer look. The school sits within a district that has invested in facilities and security through voter-approved bonds and has shifted to a science-of-reading literacy curriculum in its elementary schools. The community is a car-dependent suburb with a service-based economy, a growing multi-family housing stock, and a park system that includes a large aquatic center and connected trails.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 61% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 58% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 33% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 59% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 58% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 64% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 61% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

This schoolROCKWOOD R-VI, 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 7Lower-income38%Higher-income65%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income73%55 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income19%Higher-income68%49 pp gap