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GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH.
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GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. is a sprawling primary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, part of AFFTON 101. The school caters to 562 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 78% larger than the state mean of about 315.
Across the 4 schools in AFFTON 101 (2,619 students total), GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. shows that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest is composed of 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +2.0 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household income runs about $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).
Nearest neighbor: MESNIER PRIMARY SCH., around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.2%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCH.'s enrollment has fell 5% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 562). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.
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