HANCOCK PLACE ELEM.

As a roomy primary school in LEMAY, Missouri, HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. instructs 647 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by HANCOCK PLACE. That puts it 105% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

HANCOCK PLACE comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,282 students; HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: HANCOCK SR. HIGH, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HANCOCK PLACE ELEM. has shrank 15%, going from 759 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 53% over that span.

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