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How has LONG ELEM. changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDBERGH SCHOOLS·NCES 291869001022
LONG ELEM.
9021 SAPPINGTON RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63126 · (314) 729-2450 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
39 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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
23%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
74.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +10.2pp since 2021
Math
71.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +11.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.5% | 38.3% | 21.2% | 3.8% |
| Math | 43.5% | 28.2% | 18.1% | 10.1% |
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 | 74.8% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 67.9% |
| 2022-23 | 68.9% | 65.4% |
| 2021-22 | 64.6% | 60.7% |
% 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
70.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 LONG ELEM.
LONG ELEM.'s state test result (70.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG ELEM. this school | 545 | 7.2% | 70.7% |
| WESTCHESTER ELEM. KIRKWOOD | 572 | 4.5% | 61.0% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 53.2% |
| EUREKA ELEM. EUREKA | 519 | 8.7% | 54.4% |
| W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. KIRKWOOD | 565 | 4.4% | 70.0% |
| KENNERLY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 496 | 6.7% | 61.0% |
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 LONG ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #39 of 1,002 | #15 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #45 of 1,019 ▲ 21 | #15 of 138 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #21 of 1,018 ▲ 20 | #12 of 138 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #92 of 943 | #11 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #109 of 1,294 | #15 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #900 of 950 | #126 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #631 of 953 | #113 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #1,140 of 1,165 | #133 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #115 of 251 | #17 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
545
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 545 | 33.3 | 16.4:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 33.4 | 16.3:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 34.8 | 15.7:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 31.2 | 16.0:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 12% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 23% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONG ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (498 to 545); teachers up 7% (31.2 to 33.3).
About LONG ELEM.
LONG ELEM. is one of the public schools in ST LOUIS, Missouri. It is a large elementary school. School enrollment was 545 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students.
In LINDBERGH SCHOOLS, 10 schools enroll a combined 7,602 students.
The student body at LONG ELEM. is 88% White. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. St. Louis County's residents are about 62% White, 25 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
LONG ELEM. employs 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.4:1. This ratio sits 4.0 above the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 7% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, LONG ELEM. is 13.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.7% actual, 57.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
In the county around the school, St. Louis County, the median household income is $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. St. Louis County is home to 275 public schools and about 134,601 public school students.
SOUTHVIEW is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of LONG ELEM., there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, LONG ELEM. ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
LONG ELEM. has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, LONG ELEM. enrolled 536; in 2024-25, 545.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 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
- SAPPINGTON ELEM.Elementary · 504 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
Other LONG Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named LONG Elementary. LONG ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Long Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 575 students
- Long Elementary SchoolHARLINGEN, TX · 475 students
- Long Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 238 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHVIEW0.2 mi · 71
- SOUTHVIEW HIGH0.2 mi · 66
- SAPPINGTON ELEM.0.9 mi · 504
- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 816
- CRESTWOOD ELEM.1.2 mi · 457
- EARLY CHILDHOOD ED CENTER1.2 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About LONG ELEM.How many students attend LONG ELEM.?
LONG ELEM. enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-05.
Is LONG ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONG ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LONG ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LONG ELEM. is approximately 16.4:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LONG ELEM.?
LONG ELEM. reports a student body of 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is LONG ELEM. public or private?
LONG 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.