Our History

Cross Keys Middle School is located in Florissant, Missouri, a suburb of 51,000 people in North St. Louis County. Florissant was established in 1786 by French Canadians and is the largest municipality in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The Ferguson-Florissant School District encompasses all or part of 10 municipalities and portions of unincorporated St. Louis County. Overall, the District represents a population of approximately 84,000 residents over 92 square miles.

Cross Keys is one of three middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Established in 1968 as a three-year junior high school, Cross Keys is now a seventh- and eighth-grade middle school with 675 students.

Cross Keys uses an integrated curriculum and divides students among six academic teams: Cardinals and Discovery are our seventh-grade teams, No Limits and Explorers are eighth-grade teams, and Firecrackers and Young & Restless are two-year teams. We offer electives in the Allied Arts and music.

Cross Keys Middle School has been recognized on the local, state and national level for academic achievement and our 60 staff members and administrators are proud of our students and their accomplishments.