CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Set in Florissant, Missouri, CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a micro-enrollment elementary school, operated by HAZELWOOD. It works with 113 students across grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 64% smaller than typical.

HAZELWOOD comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 16,321 students; CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is among them.

In terms of who attends, CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 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), CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 39%: 186 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.