GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS

GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is a primary school of moderately sized scale in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the schools within GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS, caters to 377 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 4 schools in GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS (1,666 students total), GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 46% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Louis city runs at roughly 92%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.4%; actual is 73.5%, +23.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is one campus in the mix.

MASON ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 73.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.