BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.

BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. is a mid-tier primary school in UNIVERSITY CITY, Missouri, overseen by UNIVERSITY CITY. The school enrolls 386 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

UNIVERSITY CITY comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,853 students; BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. is among them.

On demographics, BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. shows that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 60.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRITTANY WOODS, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARBARA JORDAN ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. BARBARA JORDAN ELEM.'s enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 386). The Black share of enrollment fell from 88% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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