Enrollment
377
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS·NCES 290059203174
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS
6576 Smiley Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139 · (314) 932-7513 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL377 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
184 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 | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
60%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
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.6pp since 2021
Math
48.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.0% | 33.1% | 30.7% | 15.0% |
| Math | 22.0% | 26.7% | 29.1% | 22.0% |
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 | 54.1% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 49.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.1% | 42.1% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 41.2% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
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GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS this school | 377 | 48.8% | 52.9% |
| CEDAR HILL ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 313 | 49.5% | 38.9% |
| SOUTHWEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR JEFFERSON CITY | 305 | 54.8% | N/A |
| TRAUTWEIN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 369 | 42.8% | 40.5% |
| LINE CREEK ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 321 | 43.6% | 33.9% |
| WEST ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 317 | 54.3% | 47.6% |
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/ST LOUIS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #247 of 1,002 | #4 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #371 of 1,019 ▼ 13 | #4 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #256 of 1,018 ▼ 35 | #5 of 57 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #300 of 943 | #10 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #463 of 1,294 | #14 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #415 of 950 | #25 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #181 of 953 | #10 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #668 of 1,165 | #60 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #334 of 684 | #32 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
377
-38 (-9%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 377 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 49% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 25% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 36% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 32% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (436 to 377); teachers up 3% (29 to 30).
About GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 377 students in pre-K through 5.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is its own local education agency in federal data.
Federal enrollment data show GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is 57% White. Other groups include 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 46% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS reports a ratio of 12.6 students per teacher, from 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is similar, at 12.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS, 49% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 92% average for public schools in St. Louis city, the school's rate is lower.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS would be expected to post about 41.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.9%.
In the surrounding county, St. Louis city, the median household earns about $56,160 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. St. Louis city has 113 public schools with about 29,941 students, including GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, MASON ELEM., is the closest to GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS. On proficiency, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is behind the 73.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
In 2020-21, GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS enrolled 415 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 377.
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY MIDDLEMiddle · 426 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD-SOUTH ELEElementary · 402 students
Other schools in St. Louis
- LINDBERGH SR. HIGHHigh · 2,304 students
- SOUTH CITYElementary · 838 students
- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
- DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
Nearby schools
- MASON ELEM.0.7 mi · 393
- MALLINCKRODT A.B.I. ELEM.0.8 mi · 313
- WILKINSON EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.1.1 mi · 304
- MRH ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 436
- COMMUNITY ACCESS JOB TRAINING1.3 mi · 85
- MRH MIDDLE1.3 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUISHow large is GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS enrolls approximately 377 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS serve?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is approximately 12.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS?
At GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS, the student body is approximately 57% White, 7% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS public or private?
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS.
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