POINT ELEM.

POINT ELEM., a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, operated by MEHLVILLE R-IX, educates 413 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

MEHLVILLE R-IX runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 10,095 students. POINT ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, POINT ELEM. logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, POINT ELEM. has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% 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 below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, POINT ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -8.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Louis County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POINT ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is WOHLWEND ELEM., roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POINT ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POINT ELEM. has decreased 9%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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