Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001382
CRAIG ELEM.
1492 CRAIG RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63146 · (314) 415-6200 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
123 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
46.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.7% | 28.7% | 25.7% | 18.8% |
| Math | 20.7% | 25.7% | 32.1% | 21.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 55.2% |
| 2022-23 | 56.7% | 56.7% |
| 2021-22 | 55.5% | 45.9% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 CRAIG ELEM.
CRAIG ELEM.'s state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIG ELEM. this school | 423 | 29.1% | 51.2% |
| BELLERIVE ELEM. CREVE COEUR | 400 | 26.0% | 53.5% |
| RIVER BEND ELEM. CHESTERFIELD | 380 | 20.3% | 54.5% |
| MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. COLUMBIA | 619 | 34.1% | 52.8% |
| Barry School KANSAS CITY | 348 | 29.6% | 46.1% |
| ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. COLUMBIA | 556 | 32.6% | 50.0% |
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 CRAIG ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #284 of 1,002 | #67 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #412 of 1,019 ▼ 169 | #73 of 138 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #231 of 1,018 ▼ 15 | #57 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.2pp | #531 of 943 | #83 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #319 of 1,294 | #48 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #657 of 950 | #69 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #57 of 953 | #13 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #951 of 1,165 | #77 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #372 of 684 | #56 of 103 |
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
423
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 423 | 30.6 | 13.8:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 17% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 34.2 | 14.1:1 | 30% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 30% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 31% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 18% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRAIG ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (483 to 423); teachers down 10% (34.2 to 30.6).
About CRAIG ELEM.
CRAIG ELEM. is a public elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 423 students. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 34% above that mark.
PARKWAY C-2 enrolls 16,759 students, and its 29 schools include CRAIG ELEM..
The student body at CRAIG ELEM. has no majority group. White students lead at 43%. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at CRAIG ELEM. are from different groups.
CRAIG ELEM. has 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 14 points higher.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.0% for CRAIG ELEM.. The school posts 51.2%, 2.2 points above the prediction.
The school's county is St. Louis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. CRAIG ELEM. shares St. Louis County with 274 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, ROSS ELEM. is closest at about 0.9 miles. CRAIG ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 51.2% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, CRAIG ELEM. is Suburb: Large.
A 14% rise took enrollment from 371 in 2020-21 to 423 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.0:1 to 13.8:1.
This page is set up for the CRAIG ELEM. community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
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- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Other CRAIG Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named CRAIG Elementary. CRAIG ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Craig Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,045 students
- CRAIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 377 students
- Craig ElementaryCraig, AK · 82 students
Nearby schools
- ROSS ELEM.0.9 mi · 413
- MCKELVEY PRIMARY1.4 mi · 201
- NORTH HIGH1.5 mi · 990
- WILLOW BROOK ELEM.1.7 mi · 459
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE1.9 mi · 812
- MCKELVEY INTERMEDIATE2.0 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About CRAIG ELEM.How many students attend CRAIG ELEM.?
CRAIG ELEM. enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
Is CRAIG ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRAIG ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does CRAIG ELEM. have?
CRAIG ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at CRAIG ELEM.?
Student demographics at CRAIG ELEM. are roughly 43% White, 7% Hispanic, 32% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CRAIG ELEM.?
CRAIG ELEM. is overseen by PARKWAY C-2 in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.