BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small K-5 school in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, run under NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades 1 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,440 students. BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%); the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the area at large, census data for St. Louis County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LACLEDE ELEM., roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 44%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 98% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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