LUSHER ELEM.

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in FLORISSANT, Missouri, LUSHER ELEM. teaches 371 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of HAZELWOOD.

LUSHER ELEM. is one of 31 schools operated by HAZELWOOD, a district that caters to 16,321 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LUSHER ELEM. reports that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 8% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at LUSHER ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LUSHER 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 47.8%.

Around the school, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), LUSHER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHWEST MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUSHER ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LUSHER ELEM. at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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