Enrollment
138
Middle
DISTRICT 194 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JENNINGS·NCES 291629002786
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.
8430 LUCAS HUNT, JENNINGS, MO 63136 · (314) 653-8190 · St. Louis County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Missouri public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
138 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 49 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 30% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
21.7%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
24.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 17.1% | 40.6% | 37.5% |
| Math | 6.2% | 17.9% | 26.5% | 49.2% |
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 | 21.7% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 18.7% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 23.5% |
% 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.'s state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. this school | 138 | 100.0% | 22.4% |
| FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATE JENNINGS | 134 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| EAST MIDDLE ST LOUIS | 167 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE KANSAS CITY | 134 | 100.0% | 5.0% |
| Carnahan Middle ST.LOUIS | 214 | 98.6% | 11.6% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 260 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
Matched among Missouri middle 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 KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #334 of 379 | #38 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #323 of 380 ▼ 19 | #35 of 51 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #340 of 380 ▼ 7 | #37 of 51 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #122 of 364 | #17 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 138 | #363 of 397 | #50 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 379 | #12 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #11 of 224 | #2 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
138
-55 (-28%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 138 | 10 | 13.8:1 | 100% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 6.3 | 25.1:1 | 100% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 7.3 | 25.2:1 | 100% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 98% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 100% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 12 | 16.4:1 | 100% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 12 | 18.0:1 | 89% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (202 to 138); teachers down 23% (13 to 10).
About KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.
Federal records list KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. as a middle-grades school in JENNINGS, Missouri. It teaches 138 students in grades 4 through 6. Middle schools in Missouri have about 461 students on average; enrollment here is 70% lower.
The district, JENNINGS, has 2,269 students enrolled across 7 schools.
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. is 98% Black by enrollment. In St. Louis County overall, about 24% of residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 4%.
Its ratio of 13.8:1 is based on 10 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Missouri average 13.0:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of Missouri public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.4% at KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.4%.
In St. Louis County, median household income comes to about $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 275, with about 134,601 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, WOODLAND ELEM., is the closest to KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.. On proficiency, KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. is behind the 51.4% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 138, from 193 in 2020-21. The ratio was 17.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 JENNINGS
- JENNINGS HIGHHigh · 666 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 540 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Other schools in JENNINGS
- JENNINGS HIGHHigh · 666 students
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 540 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND ELEM.0.1 mi · 197
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH0.7 mi · 310
- JENNINGS HIGH0.8 mi · 666
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATE1.0 mi · 134
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARY1.0 mi · 284
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.1.0 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.How many students attend KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.?
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. enrolls approximately 138 students in grades 04-06.
Is KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. is approximately 13.8:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.?
At KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM., the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. public or private?
KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JENNINGS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.