Enrollment
199
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928001877
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.
3921 N NEWSTEAD, ST LOUIS, MO 63115 · (314) 385-4767 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
199 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
10.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +4.1pp since 2021
Math
4.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.1% | 4.4% |
| 2023-24 | 7.8% | 3.1% |
| 2022-23 | 5.9% | 2.4% |
| 2021-22 | 6.0% | 3.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.'s state test result (7.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. this school | 199 | 100.0% | 7.3% |
| WOODLAND ELEM. JENNINGS | 197 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
| HERZOG ELEM. ST LOUIS | 201 | 100.0% | 8.3% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ELEM. ST.LOUIS | 222 | 100.0% | 14.1% |
| COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ST LOUIS | 216 | 100.0% | 9.6% |
| PEABODY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 171 | 100.0% | 8.8% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #982 of 1,002 | #47 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.4% | #1,003 of 1,019 ▲ 6 | #49 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #986 of 1,018 ▲ 8 | #40 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 199 | #955 of 1,294 | #43 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #177 of 1,165 | #14 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #80 of 684 | #17 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
199
+30 (+18%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 100% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 16 | 14.1:1 | 99% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 16 | 10.6:1 | 98% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 100% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 93% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 55 | 9.8:1 | 92% (500) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 51 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR..
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (285 to 199); teachers down 27% (22 to 16).
About ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.
The public elementary school ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is located in ST LOUIS, Missouri. The student body numbers 199 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is one of 62 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY, which enrolls 17,933 students in total.
The large majority of students at ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR., 97%, are Black. St. Louis city's residents are about 42% Black, 55 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 5%.
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. Elementary schools in Missouri have a similar average ratio of 12.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25.
The allk12 Grade for ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is F. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 22.4%. ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. posts 7.3%, 15.2 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within St. Louis city, median household income is about $56,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of St. Louis city number 113 and enroll about 29,941.
The nearest public school is YEATMAN-LIDDELL MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.5 miles. ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 50.9%, higher than ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.'s 7.3%.
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. has an NCES locale of City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. went from 169 students to 199. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.6:1 to 12.4:1.
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St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
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Frequently asked questions
About ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.How large is ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.?
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. enrolls approximately 199 students in grades PK-06.
Is ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is approximately 12.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR.?
At ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR., the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. public or private?
ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
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