MASON ELEM.

MASON ELEM. operates as a medium-sized primary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY. Current enrollment sits at 393 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 25% bigger than typical.

Across the 62 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY (17,933 students total), MASON ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MASON ELEM. lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 36% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MASON ELEM. has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at MASON ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, MASON ELEM. is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 73.8%, a residual of +24.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put median household income runs about $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), MASON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

SHAW VISUAL/PERF. ARTS CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MASON ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MASON ELEM. at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 57.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MASON ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 393). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the MASON ELEM. community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.