MARVIN ELEM.

Set in ST LOUIS, Missouri, MARVIN ELEM. is a sizable K-5 school, part of RITENOUR. It works with 561 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 78% larger than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARVIN ELEM. shows that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 32% Hispanic, 17% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MARVIN ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARVIN ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), MARVIN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

RITENOUR EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARVIN ELEM.. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARVIN ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. MARVIN ELEM.'s enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 548 (now 561). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 20% to 32%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.