Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS·NCES 290059203241
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE
6651 GRAVOIS AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO 63116 · (314) 669-9000 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
10.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
318 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
21.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.5pp since 2021
Math
28.6%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 14.6% | 50.0% | 28.0% |
| Math | 13.4% | 15.2% | 25.6% | 45.7% |
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 | 21.9% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 32.2% | 27.9% |
| 2021-22 | 31.4% | 24.5% |
% 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE this school | 402 | 79.1% | 27.6% |
| WESTRIDGE ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 319 | 72.7% | 15.8% |
| WILLIAM SOUTHERN ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 458 | 74.5% | 42.4% |
| TOPPING ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 293 | 72.7% | 36.2% |
| BLUE RIDGE ELEM. COLUMBIA | 453 | 72.8% | 21.7% |
| BLUE RIDGE ELEM. RAYTOWN | 299 | 68.9% | 29.2% |
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 GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #782 of 1,002 | #11 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #772 of 1,019 ▼ 25 | #9 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #890 of 1,018 ▼ 41 | #14 of 57 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #283 of 943 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #384 of 1,294 | #12 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #121 of 950 | #12 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #96 of 953 | #6 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #270 of 1,165 | #55 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #569 of 684 | #38 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
402
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 402 | 37 | 10.9:1 | 79% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 76% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 70% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 32.5 | 13.0:1 | 68% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 64% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (423 to 402); teachers up 14% (32.5 to 37).
About GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE is a public mid-sized elementary school in ST. LOUIS, Missouri. It teaches 402 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Missouri enroll about 315 students on average.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE is one of the 4 schools that make up GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS (1,666 students in total).
About 47% of students at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE are Black, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 30% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. The school has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1. In all, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 92% average among public schools in St. Louis city.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE 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 23% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Test results at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE are 2.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (27.6% actual, 30.3% predicted).
In St. Louis city, median household income comes to about $56,160, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. St. Louis city counts 113 public schools with about 29,941 students.
Woerner Elem is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.3% on proficiency, and GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE is below that at 27.6%.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 402, from 452 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.9 students per teacher, compared with 11.9 in 2020-21.
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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
Quick facts
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Other schools in GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY MIDDLEMiddle · 426 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUISElementary · 377 students
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- LINDBERGH SR. HIGHHigh · 2,304 students
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- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
- DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
Nearby schools
- Woerner Elem0.8 mi · 349
- BUSCH MS CHARACTER ATHLETICS0.8 mi · 361
- LONG MIDDLE COMMUNITY ED. CTR.1.0 mi · 290
- BUDER ELEM.1.2 mi · 359
- COMMUNITY ACCESS JOB TRAINING1.5 mi · 85
- OAK HILL ELEM.1.6 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELEWhat is the total enrollment at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE serve?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE have?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE?
Student demographics at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE are roughly 30% White, 9% Hispanic, 47% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE public or private?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELE is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS.
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