BRISTOL ELEM.

BRISTOL ELEM. is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in ST LOUIS, Missouri, operated by WEBSTER GROVES, with 361 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within WEBSTER GROVES, which oversees 9 schools and 4,312 students, BRISTOL ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BRISTOL ELEM. records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 7% of students at BRISTOL ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, BRISTOL ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.4%.

Zooming out to the county, St. Louis County reports that median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), BRISTOL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WALTER AMBROSE FAMILY CENTER, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRISTOL ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 9% to 2% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for BRISTOL ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.