COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY

COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized primary school in FLORISSANT, Missouri, run under FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II. The school teaches 351 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Across the 23 schools in FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II (8,809 students total), COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder looks like 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) records that median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

NORTH TECHNICAL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COMMONS LANE ELEMENTARY has ticked down 4%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 10% to 5%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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