ADAMS ELEM.

As a small elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, ADAMS ELEM. enrolls 171 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of ST. LOUIS CITY. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, ADAMS ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ADAMS ELEM. shows that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ADAMS ELEM. reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ADAMS ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Louis city indicate median household earnings sit near $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which ADAMS ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is CITY GARDEN MONTESSORI EAEC, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ADAMS ELEM. at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 42.7%.

ADAMS ELEM. operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ADAMS ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 171). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 96% to 92%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.