Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928001975
MERAMEC ELEM.
2745 MERAMEC ST, ST LOUIS, MO 63118 · (314) 353-7145 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
171 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
11.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
3.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 3.7% |
| 2023-24 | 11.9% | 3.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.4% | 4.0% |
| 2021-22 | 9.8% | 1.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MERAMEC ELEM.
MERAMEC ELEM.'s state test result (7.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERAMEC ELEM. this school | 171 | 100.0% | 7.1% |
| MONROE ELEM. ST LOUIS | 181 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| HENRY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 165 | 100.0% | 6.5% |
| PEABODY ELEM. ST LOUIS | 171 | 100.0% | 8.8% |
| BRYAN HILL ELEM. ST LOUIS | 173 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| BERMUDA ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 164 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 MERAMEC ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #984 of 1,002 | #49 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #1,007 of 1,019 ▲ 3 | #52 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #980 of 1,018 ▼ 6 | #39 of 57 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #453 of 943 | #19 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #1,006 of 1,294 | #48 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #191 of 1,165 | #28 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #110 of 684 | #20 of 41 |
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
171
-33 (-16%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 171 | 19 | 9.0:1 | 100% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 100% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 16.5 | 12.2:1 | 99% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 99% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 100% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 231 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 100% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 86% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 92% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MERAMEC ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (230 to 171); teachers up 12% (17 to 19).
About MERAMEC ELEM.
MERAMEC ELEM. is a low-enrollment elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 171 students. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students, so this school is 46% smaller than average.
MERAMEC ELEM. is one school in ST. LOUIS CITY, a system of 62 schools with 17,933 students.
The large majority of students at MERAMEC ELEM., 95%, are Black. Other reported shares: 2% White. St. Louis city's residents are about 42% Black, 53 points below the school's share. MERAMEC ELEM. has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
MERAMEC ELEM.'s 19 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.0:1. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, MERAMEC ELEM. receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, MERAMEC ELEM. is among the bottom 10% of schools in Missouri. Predicted: 22.4%. Actual: 7.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in St. Louis city, median household income is about $56,160, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. A total of 113 public schools operate in St. Louis city, serving about 29,941 students.
The school nearest to MERAMEC ELEM. is Carnahan Middle, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MERAMEC ELEM. is 9th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, MERAMEC ELEM. went from 204 students to 171. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 9.0:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
Quick facts
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Other MERAMEC Elementary schools
One other US public school is named MERAMEC Elementary. MERAMEC ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- MERAMEC ELEM.CLAYTON, MO · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Carnahan Middle0.2 mi · 214
- SOUTH CITY0.3 mi · 838
- FROEBEL ELEM.0.6 mi · 178
- MOMENTUM ACAD GRAVOIS PARK0.7 mi · 91
- MONROE ELEM.0.7 mi · 181
- KIPP WONDER ACADEMY0.8 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About MERAMEC ELEM.What is the total enrollment at MERAMEC ELEM.?
MERAMEC ELEM. enrolls approximately 171 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MERAMEC ELEM. serve?
MERAMEC ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MERAMEC ELEM.?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at MERAMEC ELEM..
What is the student diversity at MERAMEC ELEM.?
Student demographics at MERAMEC ELEM. are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is MERAMEC ELEM. public or private?
MERAMEC ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.