GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM.

Set in FENTON, Missouri, GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. is a substantial primary school, operated by FOX C-6. It works with 523 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 66% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 18 schools in FOX C-6 (10,258 students total), GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM., roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 12%: 467 students in 2018 compared to 523 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 84% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.