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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIRKWOOD R-VII·NCES 291677000921
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.
803 COUCH AVE, KIRKWOOD, MO 63122 · (314) 213-6140 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+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.
- 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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
64 students
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2021
Math
47.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.3% | 27.1% | 29.2% | 9.3% |
| Math | 19.0% | 28.8% | 30.0% | 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 | 61.4% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 45.2% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.'s state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. this school | 463 | 13.8% | 51.6% |
| MASON ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 512 | 15.4% | 57.6% |
| SUMMIT POINTE ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 534 | 12.0% | 55.3% |
| MOUNT HOPE ELEM. O'FALLON | 444 | 15.5% | 52.3% |
| VOY SPEARS JR. ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 546 | 13.7% | 78.4% |
| MRH ELEMENTARY RICHMOND HEIGHTS | 436 | 20.6% | 61.5% |
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 GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #272 of 1,002 | #64 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #391 of 1,019 ▼ 25 | #71 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #135 of 1,018 ▲ 18 | #42 of 138 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #309 of 943 | #46 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #223 of 1,294 | #33 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #859 of 950 | #116 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #355 of 953 | #54 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #1,082 of 1,165 | #104 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #327 of 684 | #48 of 103 |
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
463
-39 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 14% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 37.5 | 12.8:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 33.6 | 14.7:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 22% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 22% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (537 to 463); teachers down 17% (36 to 30).
About GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school located in KIRKWOOD, Missouri. Its enrollment is 463 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 47% bigger than that mark.
KIRKWOOD R-VII runs GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. along with 8 other schools, enrolling 5,982 students in total.
More than half of the students at GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. are White (70%). The remaining shares are 16% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The diversity index for GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM., which has 30. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is about 14%. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is 3.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 51.6% actual, 54.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Louis County show that median household income comes to about $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. St. Louis County counts 275 public schools with about 134,601 students.
About 1.1 miles separate GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. from the closest public school, NIPHER MIDDLE. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 502 in 2020-21 to 463 in 2024-25.
The GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KIRKWOOD R-VII
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGHHigh · 1,693 students
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 697 students
- NIPHER MIDDLEMiddle · 660 students
- WESTCHESTER ELEM.Elementary · 572 students
- NORTH GLENDALE ELEM.Elementary · 571 students
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.Elementary · 565 students
Other schools in KIRKWOOD
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGHHigh · 1,693 students
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 697 students
- NIPHER MIDDLEMiddle · 660 students
- WESTCHESTER ELEM.Elementary · 572 students
- NORTH GLENDALE ELEM.Elementary · 571 students
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.Elementary · 565 students
Nearby schools
- NIPHER MIDDLE1.1 mi · 660
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH1.5 mi · 1,693
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.1.6 mi · 565
- SOUTH TECHNICAL2.0 mi · 885
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLE2.1 mi · 697
- F. P. TILLMAN ELEM.2.2 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.How large is GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.?
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. serve?
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM..
How diverse is GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.?
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. reports a student body of 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.?
GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM. is overseen by KIRKWOOD R-VII in St. Louis County.
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