F. P. TILLMAN ELEM.

F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in KIRKWOOD, Missouri, one of the schools within KIRKWOOD R-VII, with 457 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 45% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by KIRKWOOD R-VII, a district that hosts 5,982 students overall.

On demographics, F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 6% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 46.7%.

In the surrounding community, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. is one.

W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around F. P. TILLMAN ELEM.. On composite proficiency, F. P. TILLMAN ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 530 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025.

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