GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE

Set in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE is a low-enrollment intermediate school, overseen by CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES. It works with 218 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% smaller than the state mean of about 461.

GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE is one of 6 schools operated by CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES, a district that caters to 2,460 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE lists that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 17% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 29.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Louis city shows the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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