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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW GARDENS·NCES 292667000726
GIBSON ELEM.
9926 FONDA DR, ST LOUIS, MO 63137 · (314) 869-4845 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
237 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
9.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.9pp since 2021
Math
3.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.9% | 3.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 4.9% |
| 2022-23 | 8.3% | 2.6% |
| 2021-22 | 10.8% | 5.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GIBSON ELEM.
GIBSON ELEM.'s state test result (7.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON ELEM. this school | 387 | 61.2% | 7.6% |
| HALLS FERRY ELEMENTARY FLORISSANT | 394 | 57.4% | 17.6% |
| KOCH ELEM. ST LOUIS | 299 | 65.6% | 6.7% |
| MEADOWS ELEM. ST LOUIS | 321 | 67.0% | 7.9% |
| EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION ST LOUIS | 248 | 58.1% | N/A |
| HIGHLAND ELEM. ST LOUIS | 242 | 61.6% | 4.0% |
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 GIBSON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #981 of 1,002 | #128 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.2% | #1,012 of 1,019 ▼ 11 | #135 of 138 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #989 of 1,018 ▼ 23 | #130 of 138 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #317 of 943 | #29 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #437 of 1,294 | #74 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #871 of 950 | #119 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.1% | #945 of 953 | #151 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #432 of 1,165 | #57 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #224 of 684 | #28 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
387
-46 (-11%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 387 | 24.8 | 15.6:1 | 61% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 24.8 | 15.6:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 22.8 | 18.9:1 | 99% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 24.8 | 19.1:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 93% (372) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 69% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GIBSON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (474 to 387); teachers unchanged (24.8 to 24.8).
About GIBSON ELEM.
GIBSON ELEM. is an elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, and it is part of RIVERVIEW GARDENS. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 387 students. The school is 23% larger than the average for elementary schools in Missouri.
GIBSON ELEM. is one of the 13 schools that make up RIVERVIEW GARDENS (5,116 students in total).
At GIBSON ELEM., 98% of students are Black. That is higher than the 24% Black share among all St. Louis County residents. The diversity index for GIBSON ELEM. is 3%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
GIBSON ELEM. reports a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher, from 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at GIBSON ELEM., 61% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 18 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, GIBSON ELEM. lands at F, ahead of 2% of Missouri public elementary schools.
GIBSON ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.9%. The school's actual rate is 7.6%, 29.4 points lower.
For St. Louis County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 275 public schools and about 134,601 students.
R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. GIBSON ELEM. places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 433 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 387 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 15.6:1.
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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 RIVERVIEW GARDENS
- RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGHHigh · 1,246 students
- R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 578 students
- Westview Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- MEADOWS ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- LEMASTERS ELEM.Elementary · 301 students
- KOCH ELEM.Elementary · 299 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Other GIBSON Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named GIBSON Elementary. GIBSON ELEM. is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Gibson ElementaryWinston-Salem, NC · 589 students
- Gibson Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 421 students
- Gibson ElementaryFresno, CA · 358 students
- Gibson ElementaryWoodland, CA · 344 students
- Gibson Elementary SchoolGibson, LA · 155 students
Nearby schools
- R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLE0.4 mi · 578
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.0.8 mi · 137
- EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION1.0 mi · 248
- MEADOWS ELEM.1.0 mi · 321
- DANFORTH ELEM.1.0 mi · 274
- RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGH1.2 mi · 1,246
Frequently asked questions
About GIBSON ELEM.How many students attend GIBSON ELEM.?
GIBSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does GIBSON ELEM. serve?
GIBSON ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GIBSON ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GIBSON ELEM. is approximately 15.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GIBSON ELEM.?
GIBSON ELEM. reports a student body of 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 98% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees GIBSON ELEM.?
GIBSON ELEM. is overseen by RIVERVIEW GARDENS in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.