Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE·NCES 292265003369
BEL-NOR
3101 NORDIC DR., ST.LOUIS, MO 63121 · (314) 493-0140 · St. Louis County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
11.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
205 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 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (22) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
31%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
Based on grade levels within NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
16.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
15.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +9.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.2% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.1% | 13.3% |
| 2022-23 | 15.3% | 9.4% |
| 2021-22 | 7.3% | 5.5% |
% 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 →
Schools most like BEL-NOR
BEL-NOR's state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL-NOR this school | 205 | 100.0% | 12.6% |
| WASHINGTON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 244 | 100.0% | 14.8% |
| SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 8.9% |
| LYON AT BLOW ELEM. ST LOUIS | 243 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER St. Louis | 236 | 100.0% | N/A |
| GENESIS SCHOOL INC. KANSAS CITY | 180 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
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 BEL-NOR ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #943 of 1,002 | #117 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #922 of 1,019 ▲ 16 | #112 of 138 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #937 of 1,018 ▲ 7 | #117 of 138 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #123 of 943 | #14 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #941 of 1,294 | #149 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #143 of 950 | #8 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #539 of 953 | #93 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #133 of 1,165 | #34 of 154 |
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
205
+29 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 205 | 18.5 | 11.1:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 100% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 13.3 | 13.4:1 | 98% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 176 | 17 | 10.3:1 | 61% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEL-NOR.
About BEL-NOR
BEL-NOR is a small elementary school in ST.LOUIS, Missouri, administered by NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Its grade span covers grades 1 through 5, with 205 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.
A total of 7 schools make up NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE, with 2,440 students enrolled.
Roughly 82% of students at BEL-NOR are Black. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic and 3% White. County-wide, 24% of St. Louis County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
The school has 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at BEL-NOR, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
BEL-NOR holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BEL-NOR would score about 22.4%. It scores 12.6%, 9.8 points below that figure.
Census data for St. Louis County show median household income comes to about $82,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 275 public schools in the county, enrolling about 134,601, BEL-NOR among them.
NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: BEL-NOR ranks 7th of 7 nearby schools, at 12.6% versus a 49.5% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 29 students, from 176 to 205.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE
- NORMANDY HIGHHigh · 688 students
- NMS @ Lucas CrossingMiddle · 620 students
- WASHINGTON ELEM.Elementary · 244 students
- NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 236 students
- BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 233 students
- JEFFERSON ELEM.Elementary · 214 students
Other schools in ST.LOUIS
- ATLAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 431 students
- LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ELEM.Elementary · 222 students
- Carnahan MiddleMiddle · 214 students
- MCKELVEY PRIMARYElementary · 201 students
- THE SOULARD SCHOOLElementary · 138 students
- NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY-GRAND CTRMiddle · 134 students
Nearby schools
- NORMANDY EARLY LEARNING CENTER0.6 mi · 236
- NMS @ Lucas Crossing0.7 mi · 620
- JEFFERSON ELEM.1.3 mi · 214
- THE INNOVATION SCHOOL AT CV1.5 mi · 143
- RITENOUR MIDDLE1.6 mi · 737
- HOLMAN ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About BEL-NORHow large is BEL-NOR?
BEL-NOR enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does BEL-NOR serve?
BEL-NOR serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEL-NOR?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at BEL-NOR.
How diverse is BEL-NOR?
BEL-NOR reports a student body of 3% White, 13% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BEL-NOR?
BEL-NOR is overseen by NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE in St. Louis County.
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