ATLAS ELEMENTARY

As a mid-sized elementary school in ST.LOUIS, Missouri, ATLAS ELEMENTARY serves 431 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 37% larger than the state mean of about 315.

Operationally, ATLAS ELEMENTARY answers to ATLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ATLAS ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (80%) are Black; the rest consists of 10% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ATLAS ELEMENTARY records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ATLAS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -19.4 points.

In the broader community, St. Louis city reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which ATLAS ELEMENTARY is one.

ST LOUIS LANG IMMERSION SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ATLAS ELEMENTARY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, ATLAS ELEMENTARY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.