Enrollment
161
Elementary
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOMENTUM ACADEMY·NCES 290060503299
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST
2900 S. GRAND BLVD., St. Louis, MO 63118 · (314) 376-3477 · St. Louis city
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
161 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
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MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
74.8%
MO avg 49.5% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
MO avg 48.7% . -16.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.3% | 85.5% |
Growth Percentile vs Peers, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
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 MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST this school | 161 | 100.0% | 73.3% |
| GENESIS SCHOOL INC. KANSAS CITY | 180 | 100.0% | 61.9% |
| SHENANDOAH ELEM. ST LOUIS | 145 | 100.0% | 43.6% |
| SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 68.0% |
| BERMUDA ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 164 | 100.0% | N/A |
| HODGEN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 206 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
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 MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #74 of 968 | #8 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #194 of 974 ▼ 141 | #11 of 57 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #138 of 974 ▲ 105 | #10 of 57 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #1,020 of 1,294 | #53 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #23 of 1,165 | #8 of 63 |
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
161
-19 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 161 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 100% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 11.3 | 13.7:1 | 100% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 168 | 16.7 | 10.1:1 | 98% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 10 | 18.0:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 154 | 8.2 | 18.9:1 | 100% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (154 to 161); teachers up 84% (8.2 to 15).
About MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST
In St. Louis, Missouri, part of St. Louis city, MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST is an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 161 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri, enrollment here is 49% lower.
MOMENTUM ACADEMY (4 schools, 599 students) runs MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST.
The large majority of students at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST, 82%, are Black. Next come 7% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. The county population is about 42% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Federal data list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.7:1. Among elementary schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.4:1. The lunch program counts 100% of students at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
After accounting for student poverty, MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST is in the top 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.3% is 23.9 points above the 49.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
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.
Nearest public school: MO School for the Blind - ELEM, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST has an NCES locale of City: Large. MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST is run as a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 180 in 2020-21 and 161 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.0:1 to 10.7:1.
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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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- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
Nearby schools
- MO School for the Blind - ELEM0.3 mi · 8
- MO School for the Blind - HS0.3 mi · 35
- ROOSEVELT HIGH0.4 mi · 734
- SHENANDOAH ELEM.0.4 mi · 145
- MANN ELEM.0.7 mi · 261
- MOMENTUM FOX PARK1.0 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EASTWhat is the total enrollment at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST?
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST enrolls approximately 161 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST serve?
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST have?
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST?
Student demographics at MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST are roughly 2% White, 7% Hispanic, 82% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST in?
MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST is part of MOMENTUM ACADEMY.
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