AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS

As a modestly sized K-5 school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS hosts 131 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within ST. LOUIS CITY. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%); the rest is composed of 2% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

Around the school, St. Louis city reports that median household income runs about $56,160, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OLD NORTH ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS has edged down 65%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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