Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928002641
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES
815 ANN AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63104 · (314) 645-4845 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
12.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
337 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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
24%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
18.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
23.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.9% | 12.5% | 38.1% | 43.4% |
| Math | 9.2% | 13.8% | 34.2% | 42.7% |
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 | 18.4% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.6% | 15.7% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES this school | 337 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| AC PREP ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 366 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| MULLANPHY BOTANICAL GARDENS ST LOUIS | 413 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| TWILLMAN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 273 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| ARMSTRONG ELEM. HAZELWOOD | 361 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| LUSHER ELEM. FLORISSANT | 371 | 100.0% | 25.1% |
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 DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #864 of 1,002 | #14 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #844 of 1,019 ▼ 45 | #15 of 57 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #923 of 1,018 ▼ 9 | #19 of 57 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #306 of 943 | #11 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #577 of 1,294 | #17 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #401 of 950 | #24 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #620 of 953 | #24 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #203 of 1,165 | #40 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #163 of 684 | #26 of 41 |
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
337
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 337 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 100% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 31 | 11.3:1 | 99% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 33.2 | 13.0:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 100% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 72% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 63% (260) |
| 1990-91 | 397 | 31 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (432 to 337); teachers down 19% (33.2 to 27).
About DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES is a mid-sized elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, one of the schools in ST. LOUIS CITY. It reported 337 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES is one of 62 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY, which enrolls 17,933 students in total.
Black students are 87% of those enrolled at DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic and 5% White. That compares with about 42% Black among all St. Louis city residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
A staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.5:1. It is about the same as the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Missouri public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES is 22.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Louis city show that the median household earns about $56,160 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. St. Louis city has 113 public schools with about 29,941 students, including DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES.
Measured in a straight line, WILKINSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. is about 0.6 miles from DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 53.8%, higher than DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES's 21.3%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 352 students in 2020-21 to 337 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
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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 DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIESHow large is DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES?
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES serve?
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES.
How diverse is DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES?
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES reports a student body of 5% White, 7% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES?
DEWEY SCH.-INTERNAT'L. STUDIES is overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY in St. Louis city.
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