KRATZ ELEM.

KRATZ ELEM. operates as a high-enrollment K-5 school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, part of RITENOUR. Current enrollment sits at 474 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

KRATZ ELEM. is one of 10 schools operated by RITENOUR, a district that serves 6,579 students overall.

On demographics, KRATZ ELEM. shows that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, KRATZ ELEM. has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KRATZ ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 55.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household income runs about $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), KRATZ ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

RITENOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KRATZ ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KRATZ ELEM. at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. KRATZ ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 524 (now 474). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 21% to 29%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the KRATZ ELEM. community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.