SAPPINGTON ELEM.

SAPPINGTON ELEM. is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by LINDBERGH SCHOOLS, educateing 504 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 60% larger than typical.

LINDBERGH SCHOOLS runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 7,602 students. SAPPINGTON ELEM. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAPPINGTON ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, On paper, SAPPINGTON ELEM. has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SAPPINGTON ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.0%.

Zooming out to the county, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which SAPPINGTON ELEM. is one.

SOUTHVIEW HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAPPINGTON ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAPPINGTON ELEM. at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 59.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. SAPPINGTON ELEM.'s enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 504). The White share of enrollment fell from 85% to 80% over that span.

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