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EUREKA ELEM.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 34.2% | 49.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
Schools most like EUREKA ELEM.
EUREKA ELEM.'s state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUREKA ELEM. this school | 519 | 8.7% | 38.3% |
| LONG ELEM. ST LOUIS | 545 | 7.2% | 59.8% |
| KENNERLY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 496 | 6.7% | 44.1% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 61.7% |
| CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOL ST. LOUIS | 555 | 12.6% | 44.0% |
| WESTCHESTER ELEM. KIRKWOOD | 572 | 4.5% | 33.4% |
Where EUREKA ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #779 of 968 | #111 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #694 of 974 ▼ 174 | #102 of 136 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #879 of 974 ▼ 102 | #127 of 136 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #137 of 1,294 | #20 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #874 of 950 | #120 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.9% | #585 of 953 | #103 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.7% | #1,126 of 1,165 | #125 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.8% | #19 of 251 | #3 of 38 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 519 | 33.1 | 15.7:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 34.1 | 14.8:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 14% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 11% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 16 | 16.0:1 | 20% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (366 to 519); teachers up 18% (28 to 33.1).
About EUREKA ELEM.
EUREKA ELEM. is a large elementary school with an address in EUREKA, Missouri. Its 519 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 65% bigger than the 315 average for elementary schools in Missouri.
ROCKWOOD R-VI has a total of 30 schools and 19,597 students, EUREKA ELEM. among them.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at EUREKA ELEM.. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. In St. Louis County overall, about 62% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.7:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher above the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 9%. That is 34 points below the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
EUREKA ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.3%, compared with a predicted 51.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in St. Louis County, the median household income is $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, St. Louis County has 275 public schools and roughly 134,601 students.
The school nearest to EUREKA ELEM. is EUREKA SR. HIGH, at a distance of about 1.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. By average proficiency, EUREKA ELEM. is 8th among 8 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment is up 36% from 2020-21, when EUREKA ELEM. had 381 students, to 2024-25, when it had 519. Students per teacher rose from 12.3 in 2020-21 to 15.7 in 2024-25.
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