ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED.

ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED., an expansive elementary campus in CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, one of the schools within ROCKWOOD R-VI, hosts 646 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. sits 105% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 30 schools in ROCKWOOD R-VI (19,597 students total), ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, St. Louis County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is CRESTVIEW MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. has climbed 148%, going from 260 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 5.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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