CONWAY ELEMENTARY

CONWAY ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, operated by LADUE. The school caters to 392 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 24% above the state mean of about 315.

Across the 8 schools in LADUE (4,624 students total), CONWAY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CONWAY ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Asian, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 5% of students at CONWAY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CONWAY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which CONWAY ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CONWAY ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CONWAY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 392). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 69% to 60%.

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