Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001377
CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.
555 WEIDMAN RD, MANCHESTER, MO 63021 · (314) 415-6100 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
109 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
30.8%
MO avg 49.5% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
40.2%
MO avg 48.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
-83 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.9:1
% White
58%
was 53%
% Hispanic
12%
was 16%
% Black
11%
was 13%
% Asian
12%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.
Located at 555 WEIDMAN RD, in MANCHESTER, Missouri, CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 355 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within PARKWAY C-2.
Across the 29 schools in PARKWAY C-2 (16,759 students total), CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with St. Louis County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.7%; actual is 30.8%, a gap of -19.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Louis County shows median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).
Nearest neighbor: HANNA WOODS ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.. On composite proficiency, CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 355). The White share of enrollment grew from 53% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.
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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 PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in MANCHESTER
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 542 students
- PIERREMONT ELEM.Elementary · 474 students
- BARRETTS ELEM.Elementary · 378 students
Nearby schools
- HANNA WOODS ELEM.0.9 mi · 360
- SOUTH HIGH1.1 mi · 1,485
- BARRETTS ELEM.1.3 mi · 378
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE1.4 mi · 803
- PIERREMONT ELEM.1.5 mi · 474
- WREN HOLLOW ELEM.1.6 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.How many students attend CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.?
CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. serve?
CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. is approximately 11.0:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CARMAN TRAILS ELEM.?
Student demographics at CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. are roughly 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. public or private?
CARMAN TRAILS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by PARKWAY C-2.
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