BUDER ELEM.

Set in ST ANN, Missouri, BUDER ELEM. is a reasonably sized primary school, part of RITENOUR. It caters to 471 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 50% larger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in RITENOUR (6,579 students total), BUDER ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BUDER ELEM. reports that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BUDER ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 55.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) records that median household earnings sit near $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), BUDER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

HOECH MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BUDER ELEM. comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUDER ELEM. has shrank 5%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 13% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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