EARLY EDUCATION CENTER

EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is an elementary campus of rural-scale scale in HAZELWOOD, Missouri, one of the schools within FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II, instructing 124 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 8,809 students. EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EARLY EDUCATION CENTER shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 11% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 165.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting EARLY EDUCATION CENTER higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: STEAM ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. EARLY EDUCATION CENTER's enrollment has declined 71% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 124). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 68% to 81%. Class-load math has widened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 165.3:1 in 2025.

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