LYON AT BLOW ELEM.

As a modestly sized K-5 school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, LYON AT BLOW ELEM. enrolls 243 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within ST. LOUIS CITY. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. LYON AT BLOW ELEM. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LYON AT BLOW ELEM. reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 8% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter 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.

With demographic context factored in, LYON AT BLOW ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis city shows median household earnings sit near $56,160, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LYON AT BLOW ELEM. is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

The closest other public school is WOODWARD ELEM., roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LYON AT BLOW ELEM. at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

LYON AT BLOW ELEM. operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. LYON AT BLOW ELEM.'s enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 243). Black enrollment moved from 87% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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