BEL-NOR

As a cozy primary school in ST.LOUIS, Missouri, BEL-NOR works with 205 students from grades 1 through 5, run under NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. That puts it 35% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 7 schools in NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE (2,440 students total), BEL-NOR accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BEL-NOR logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, BEL-NOR performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the area at large, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BEL-NOR is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEL-NOR. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEL-NOR at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.