CENTRAL ELEM.

Set in ST CHARLES, Missouri, CENTRAL ELEM. is a big elementary-level community, part of FRANCIS HOWELL R-III. It instructs 865 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 175% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within FRANCIS HOWELL R-III, which oversees 21 schools and 17,047 students, CENTRAL ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CENTRAL ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest is composed of 17% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CENTRAL ELEM. has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at CENTRAL ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Charles County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 40.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Charles County) records that median household income runs about $104,692, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CENTRAL ELEM. is one of 93 public schools in St. Charles County (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students).

EARLY CHILD FAMILY EDUC. CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL ELEM.. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. CENTRAL ELEM.'s enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 804 (now 865). The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 66% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.