HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING

HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING operates as a tiny elementary-level community in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the schools within ST. LOUIS CITY. Current enrollment sits at 108 students spanning grades 3 through 5. That puts it 66% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING is one of 62 schools operated by ST. LOUIS CITY, a district that caters to 17,933 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING records that nearly all students (87%) are Black. The remainder consists of 8% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING is one campus in the mix.

THE SOULARD SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 50%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 108 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 87% across the same window.

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