Enrollment
233
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE·NCES 292265003189
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3883 JENNINGS STATION ROAD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63121 · (314) 493-0850 · St. Louis County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
233 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (42) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NORMANDY HIGH
Based on grade levels within NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
10.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
5.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.1pp 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 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.1% | 5.1% |
| 2023-24 | 7.5% | 5.1% |
| 2022-23 | 7.3% | 4.3% |
| 2021-22 | 9.5% | 5.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 233 | 100.0% | 8.9% |
| NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER St. Louis | 236 | 100.0% | N/A |
| JEFFERSON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 214 | 100.0% | 8.0% |
| KIPP WONDER ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 283 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| HODGEN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 13.6% |
| TWILLMAN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 273 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
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 BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #967 of 1,002 | #122 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.1% | #996 of 1,019 ▲ 1 | #128 of 138 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #985 of 1,018 ▲ 10 | #129 of 138 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #527 of 943 | #82 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #872 of 1,294 | #144 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #548 of 950 | #51 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #754 of 953 | #132 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #131 of 1,165 | #32 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.3% | #19 of 684 | #1 of 103 |
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
233
-134 (-37%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 233 | 17.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 12 | 26.3:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 61% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 99% (424) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (418 to 233); teachers down 37% (28 to 17.5).
About BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, is a small elementary school. It is open to students in grades 1 through 8 and enrolls 233 students. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Missouri (about 315).
NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE counts 2,440 students in its 7 schools, and BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of students at BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are Black is 91%. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis County residents are about 24% Black. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. Among public schools in St. Louis County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 22.4%. It scores 8.9%, 13.5 points below that figure.
In St. Louis County, home to about 995,569 people, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares St. Louis County with 274 other public schools.
LACLEDE ELEM. sits about 1.1 miles from BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 7 schools close by.
Federal data place BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 37% decrease took enrollment from 367 in 2020-21 to 233 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.0:1 to 13.3:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
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Other Barack Obama Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Barack Obama Elementary. BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Barack Obama ElementaryUpper Marlboro, MD · 629 students
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- Barack Obama ElementaryRichmond, VA · 274 students
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Nearby schools
- LACLEDE ELEM.1.1 mi · 264
- NORMANDY HIGH1.3 mi · 688
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARY1.4 mi · 284
- WALBRIDGE ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.1.4 mi · 122
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATE1.4 mi · 134
- JEFFERSON ELEM.1.5 mi · 214
Frequently asked questions
About BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 233 students in grades 01-08.
Is BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many teachers does BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 91% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.