Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928002645
BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC
5031 POTOMAC, ST LOUIS, MO 63139 · (314) 353-8875 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
11.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
260 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
88.6%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.4pp since 2021
Math
86.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.6% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 88.3% | 84.7% |
| 2022-23 | 93.9% | 86.3% |
| 2021-22 | 93.0% | 86.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+65.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 66 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC's state test result (88.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC this school | 260 | 100.0% | 88.1% |
| SOUTH ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 302 | 100.0% | 39.4% |
| WEST BLVD. ELEM. COLUMBIA | 327 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| MALLINCKRODT A.B.I. ELEM. ST LOUIS | 313 | 100.0% | 91.8% |
| ALPHA HART LEWIS COLUMBIA | 468 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| CLIPPARD ELEM. CAPE GIRARDEAU | 383 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
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 BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.1% | #2 of 1,002 | #2 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #3 of 1,019 no change | #2 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.6% | #2 of 1,018 no change | #2 of 57 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #301 of 943 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #803 of 1,294 | #32 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #197 of 950 | #16 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #108 of 953 | #9 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #204 of 1,165 | #41 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #143 of 684 | #23 of 41 |
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
260
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 260 | 22.8 | 11.4:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 20.5 | 10.8:1 | 100% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 99% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 23% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (337 to 260); teachers down 1% (23 to 22.8).
About BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC
ST LOUIS, Missouri, is home to BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC, a small elementary school. The school serves 260 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
ST. LOUIS CITY enrolls 17,933 students in 62 schools, including BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC, at 50%. Other groups include 29% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC total 22.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.4:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC ranks in the top 10% in Missouri. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 88.1%, against a prediction of 22.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in St. Louis city, the median household income is $56,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. In all, St. Louis city has 113 public schools and roughly 29,941 students.
The next-closest public school is GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGH, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC is ahead of the 54.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
For locale, NCES codes BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC as City: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 258 students in 2020-21 and 260 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
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Frequently asked questions
About BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. ACHow large is BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC?
BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC serve?
BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC?
At BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC, the student body is approximately 50% White, 4% Hispanic, 29% Black, 8% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC public or private?
BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.