Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928002693
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.
3120 ST LOUIS AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63106 · (314) 533-2750 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
216 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
4.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
3.7%
MO avg 43.8%
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 5 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 4.8% | 3.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 6.6% |
| 2022-23 | 5.0% | 6.2% |
| 2021-22 | 4.6% | N/A |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
9.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.'s state test result (9.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. this school | 216 | 100.0% | 9.6% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ELEM. ST.LOUIS | 222 | 100.0% | 14.1% |
| THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL Pagedale | 220 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| ASHLAND ELEM. AND BR. ST LOUIS | 199 | 100.0% | 7.3% |
| HERZOG ELEM. ST LOUIS | 201 | 100.0% | 8.3% |
| HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. ST LOUIS | 243 | 100.0% | 5.5% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #963 of 1,002 | #39 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #1,008 of 1,019 ▼ 21 | #53 of 57 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #1,017 of 1,018 ▼ 56 | #56 of 57 ▼ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #922 of 1,294 | #39 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #812 of 950 | #39 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #935 of 953 | #36 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #206 of 1,165 | #43 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
216
+34 (+19%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 216 | 14.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 100% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 15.5 | 14.3:1 | 99% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 98% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 100% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 13 | 11.6:1 | 100% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 204 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 87% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 99% (288) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR..
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (191 to 216); teachers down 15% (17 to 14.5).
About COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is an elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, reachable at (314) 533-2750. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 216 students. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
Federal data list 62 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY, with 17,933 students enrolled.
Black students account for 98% of the school's enrollment. St. Louis city's residents are about 42% Black, 55 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 5, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 100% of students at COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 9.6%; the prediction is 22.4%.
In the wider St. Louis city area, the median household earns about $56,160 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. shares St. Louis city with 112 other public schools.
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is about 0.4 miles from VASHON HIGH, its nearest public school. COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. at 8th of 8.
The federal government classifies COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.'s location as City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 216, up from 182 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.9:1, from 10.7:1.
This page is set up for the COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
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Frequently asked questions
About COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.How large is COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.?
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. enrolls approximately 216 students in grades PK-06.
Is COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. an elementary, middle, or high school?
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. have?
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.?
At COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR., the student body is approximately 2% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. in?
COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is part of ST. LOUIS CITY.
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