GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM

Located at 3325 Bell, in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM is a tiny elementary campus that serves 103 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY. That puts it 67% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM is one of those campuses.

On demographics, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis city) records that median household earnings sit near $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

Nearest neighbor: MILLER CAREER ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM's enrollment has fell 58% since 2018, when it stood at 245 (now 103). Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 in 2025.

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