HERZOG ELEM.

HERZOG ELEM., a small elementary campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY, hosts 201 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Across the 62 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY (17,933 students total), HERZOG ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HERZOG ELEM. logs that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HERZOG ELEM. lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, HERZOG ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

In the area at large, St. Louis city reports that median household income runs about $56,160, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. HERZOG ELEM. is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

Nearest neighbor: FAIRVIEW PRIMARY, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERZOG ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 43.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 36%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 201 in 2025.

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