Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERVIEW GARDENS·NCES 292667001581
KOCH ELEM.
1910 EXUMA, ST LOUIS, MO 63136 · (314) 868-3029 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
196 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
10.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2021
Math
3.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.2% | 3.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 2.5% |
| 2022-23 | 6.8% | 1.6% |
| 2021-22 | 8.0% | 0.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 KOCH ELEM.
KOCH ELEM.'s state test result (6.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOCH ELEM. this school | 299 | 65.6% | 6.7% |
| MEADOWS ELEM. ST LOUIS | 321 | 67.0% | 7.9% |
| HIGHLAND ELEM. ST LOUIS | 242 | 61.6% | 4.0% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY FERGUSON | 250 | 69.2% | N/A |
| GIBSON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 387 | 61.2% | 7.6% |
| LEE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY FERGUSON | 310 | 71.3% | 10.0% |
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 KOCH ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.7% | #991 of 1,002 | #129 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.8% | #1,005 of 1,019 ▲ 7 | #132 of 138 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #984 of 1,018 no change | #128 of 138 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #702 of 1,294 | #121 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #837 of 950 | #109 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.9% | #941 of 953 | #150 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #368 of 1,165 | #54 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #290 of 684 | #38 of 103 |
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
299
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 299 | 19.8 | 15.1:1 | 66% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 19.8 | 15.8:1 | 100% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 14.8 | 20.5:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 99% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 22.8 | 15.5:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | 89% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 93% (438) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KOCH ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (353 to 299); teachers down 13% (22.8 to 19.8).
About KOCH ELEM.
KOCH ELEM. is an elementary school located in ST LOUIS, Missouri, in St. Louis County. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 299 students.
RIVERVIEW GARDENS has 13 schools and 5,116 students, and KOCH ELEM. is one of those schools.
KOCH ELEM. enrolls a student body that is 98% Black. Census figures show St. Louis County is about 24% Black. KOCH ELEM. has a diversity index of 4%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1 at KOCH ELEM., with 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.4:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 66% of enrollment. Among public schools in St. Louis County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
KOCH ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Missouri are predicted to post 35.3%, so the school is 28.6 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Census Bureau estimates for St. Louis County show that median household income is about $82,936, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. KOCH ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County, which together enroll about 134,601 students.
Westview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, KOCH ELEM. is behind the 49.5% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes KOCH ELEM. as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 290 in 2020-21 and 299 in 2024-25, a 3% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 RIVERVIEW GARDENS
- RIVERVIEW GARDENS SR. HIGHHigh · 1,246 students
- R. G. CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 578 students
- Westview Middle SchoolMiddle · 524 students
- GIBSON ELEM.Elementary · 387 students
- MEADOWS ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- LEMASTERS ELEM.Elementary · 301 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
- Westview Middle School0.1 mi · 524
- MOLINE ELEM.0.5 mi · 295
- MEADOWS ELEM.0.8 mi · 321
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH1.0 mi · 310
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.1.1 mi · 540
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.1.1 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About KOCH ELEM.How many students attend KOCH ELEM.?
KOCH ELEM. enrolls approximately 299 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does KOCH ELEM. serve?
KOCH ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at KOCH ELEM.?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at KOCH ELEM..
How diverse is KOCH ELEM.?
KOCH ELEM. reports a student body of 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 98% Black.
Is KOCH ELEM. public or private?
KOCH ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIVERVIEW GARDENS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.