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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928001937

HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.

4160 N KINGSHIGHWAY, ST LOUIS, MO 63115 · (314) 367-0552 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
243 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
51
Kindergarten
35
Grade 1
35
Grade 2
27
Grade 3
33
Grade 4
28
Grade 5
34
Student demographics
White
31%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 67%
Hispanic
52%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 9%
Black
23396%
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 15%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
12551%
Female
11849%

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Test scores

MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs Peers
English Language Arts
10.3%
MO avg 49.5% . -17.0pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
MO avg 48.7% . -47.9pp since 2023
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
243
-107 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.5:1
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
96%
was 98%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.

HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in ST LOUIS, Missouri, one of the schools within ST. LOUIS CITY, with 243 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. shows that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.2%.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis city shows the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.'s enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 243). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

St. Louis city at a glance

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Population
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students

Quick facts

School name
HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.
District
ST. LOUIS CITY
Address
4160 N KINGSHIGHWAY, ST LOUIS, MO 63115
Phone
(314) 367-0552
County
St. Louis city
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
243
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
10.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
243 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
292928001937
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.
How large is HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.?
HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. enrolls approximately 243 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. serve?
HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED..
How diverse is HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.?
HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. reports a student body of 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. public or private?
HAMILTON ELEM. COMMUNITY ED. is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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