OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY

OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in ST LOUIS, Missouri, run under LADUE, caters to 379 students in grades K through 4. That puts it 20% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY is one of 8 schools operated by LADUE, a district that teaches 4,624 students overall.

Looking at the student body, OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 19% Asian, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of -13.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is WILLOW BROOK ELEM., roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 25% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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