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EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.

8959 RIVERVIEW BLVD, ST LOUIS, MO 63147 · (314) 867-0634 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
321 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
Pre-K
60
Kindergarten
42
Grade 1
39
Grade 2
45
Grade 3
34
Grade 4
32
Grade 5
42
Grade 6
27
Student demographics
White
31%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 67%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 9%
Black
31398%
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 15%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
16150%
Female
16050%

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Test scores

MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs Peers
English Language Arts
62.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +23.5pp since 2023
Math
24.9%
MO avg 48.7% . -21.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.

Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
321
-16 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Black
98%
was 99%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.

EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in ST LOUIS, Missouri, run under ST. LOUIS CITY. Current enrollment sits at 321 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 37.4%, a residual of -12.0 points.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis city shows median household income runs about $56,160, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHVIEW ELEM., around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. has edged down 5%, going from 337 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025.

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St. Louis city at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

Quick facts

School name
EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.
District
ST. LOUIS CITY
Address
8959 RIVERVIEW BLVD, ST LOUIS, MO 63147
Phone
(314) 867-0634
County
St. Louis city
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
321
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
321 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
292928002853
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.
How large is EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.?
EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. serve?
EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at EARL NANCE SR. ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.?
At EARL NANCE SR. ELEM., the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. public or private?
EARL NANCE SR. ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
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