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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KENNERLY ELEM. administration to hear?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDBERGH SCHOOLS·NCES 291869001021
KENNERLY ELEM.
10025 KENNERLY RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63128 · (314) 729-2440 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Missouri public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
33 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
63.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +11.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.4% | 25.5% | 31.1% | 9.8% |
| Math | 39.7% | 23.6% | 24.8% | 11.8% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 62.9% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 64.7% |
| 2021-22 | 58.1% | 51.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like KENNERLY ELEM.
KENNERLY ELEM.'s state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNERLY ELEM. this school | 496 | 6.7% | 61.0% |
| EUREKA ELEM. EUREKA | 519 | 8.7% | 54.4% |
| LONG ELEM. ST LOUIS | 545 | 7.2% | 70.7% |
| CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOL ST. LOUIS | 555 | 12.6% | 66.5% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 53.2% |
| BARRETTS ELEM. MANCHESTER | 378 | 3.7% | 70.1% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KENNERLY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #127 of 1,002 | #36 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #120 of 1,019 ▲ 3 | #34 of 138 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #171 of 1,018 ▼ 50 | #50 of 138 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #232 of 943 | #35 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #166 of 1,294 | #25 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #292 of 950 | #21 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #602 of 953 | #104 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.7% | #1,142 of 1,165 | #135 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.8% | #79 of 251 | #11 of 38 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
+47 (+10%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 41.7 | 11.9:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 41.4 | 11.5:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 38.9 | 12.6:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 34.3 | 12.7:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 18% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 22% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KENNERLY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (436 to 496); teachers up 22% (34.3 to 41.7).
About KENNERLY ELEM.
KENNERLY ELEM. is a large elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, one of the schools in LINDBERGH SCHOOLS. Enrollment stands at 496 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 57% above the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
LINDBERGH SCHOOLS operates 10 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,602 students.
The share of White students at KENNERLY ELEM. is 86%. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. The school's White share is 24 points above the 62% share among St. Louis County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at KENNERLY ELEM. is 11.9:1, based on 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. KENNERLY ELEM. counts 7% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 43% for public schools in St. Louis County.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, KENNERLY ELEM. outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for KENNERLY ELEM. is +3.6 points: 61.0% actual, 57.4% predicted.
In St. Louis County, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across St. Louis County, 275 public schools serve about 134,601 students.
ROBERT H. SPERRENG MIDDLE is about 0.7 miles from KENNERLY ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, KENNERLY ELEM. ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 449 to 496. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.9:1, from 14.0:1.
This page is set up for the KENNERLY ELEM. community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINDBERGH SCHOOLS
- LINDBERGH SR. HIGHHigh · 2,304 students
- ROBERT H. SPERRENG MIDDLEMiddle · 941 students
- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
- DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- LONG ELEM.Elementary · 545 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT H. SPERRENG MIDDLE0.7 mi · 941
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOL0.8 mi · 555
- TRAUTWEIN ELEM.1.2 mi · 369
- LINDBERGH SR. HIGH1.3 mi · 2,304
- EARLY CHILDHOOD ED CENTER1.3 mi · 386
- WASHINGTON MIDDLE1.3 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About KENNERLY ELEM.What is the total enrollment at KENNERLY ELEM.?
KENNERLY ELEM. enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does KENNERLY ELEM. serve?
KENNERLY ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KENNERLY ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KENNERLY ELEM. is approximately 11.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KENNERLY ELEM.?
At KENNERLY ELEM., the student body is approximately 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is KENNERLY ELEM. public or private?
KENNERLY ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by LINDBERGH SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.