📍 700 S Kirkwood Rd, Kirkwood, St. Louis County, 63122
Nipher Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kirkwood, St. Louis County. The school has 673 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kirkwood R-Vii school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Nipher Middle enrolls 673 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 9.8% Black or African American and 6.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 511 | 76% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 9.8% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 6.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 12 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
73 of the school's 673 students (11%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 67 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Nipher Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-20, state senate district 1, state house district 90.
Nipher Middle is one of 9 schools in KIRKWOOD R-VII, based in KIRKWOOD, Missouri. The district serves 5,982 students district-wide and employs 401 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 673 students, Nipher Middle is close to the district average of about 665 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large