LEWIS CLARK ELEM.

Located at 460 MCMENAMY RD, in ST PETERS, Missouri, LEWIS CLARK ELEM. is a moderately sized elementary campus that works with 426 students (grades 3 through 5), part of FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 25 schools in FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT (16,698 students total), LEWIS CLARK ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LEWIS CLARK ELEM. records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at LEWIS CLARK ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Charles County (around 19%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LEWIS CLARK ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.3%.

In the broader community, St. Charles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. LEWIS CLARK ELEM. is one of 93 public schools in St. Charles County (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students).

Nearest neighbor: ST. PETERS ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LEWIS CLARK ELEM.. On composite proficiency, LEWIS CLARK ELEM. comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 72% over that span.

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