ACKERMAN

ACKERMAN operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in FLORISSANT, Missouri, one of the schools within SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.. Current enrollment sits at 137 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO. runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,576 students. ACKERMAN is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ACKERMAN lists that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 16% White. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACKERMAN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ACKERMAN is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

NORTHVIEW is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ACKERMAN. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACKERMAN at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 56.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 151 students in 2018 compared to 137 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 74% to 82%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.