BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BERKELEY, Missouri, BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school, part of FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II. It serves 374 students across grades 3 through 5.

BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 schools operated by FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II, a district that teaches 8,809 students overall.

On demographics, BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (83%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 40.5%.

In the area at large, census data for St. Louis County shows median household earnings sit near $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: JOHNSON WABASH 6TH GRADE CTR, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERKELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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