COLE ELEM.

COLE ELEM., an average-sized elementary campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, part of ST. LOUIS CITY, enrolls 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. COLE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, COLE ELEM. shows that nearly all students (99%) are Black. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, COLE ELEM. logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, COLE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +4.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COLE ELEM. is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

The closest other public school is GRISCOM JUVENILE DETENTION CTR, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLE ELEM. at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLE ELEM. has declined 30%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.