Enrollment
145
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LOUIS CITY·NCES 292928001997
SHENANDOAH ELEM.
3412 SHENANDOAH AVE, ST LOUIS, MO 63104 · (314) 772-7544 · St. Louis city
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 3% of Missouri public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
145 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 30% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 87% larger than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
6.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Missouri average is about 45 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.8% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 10.5% | 6.4% |
| 2022-23 | 4.5% | 9.1% |
| 2021-22 | 14.0% | 8.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
9.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 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 SHENANDOAH ELEM.
SHENANDOAH ELEM.'s state test result (9.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENANDOAH ELEM. this school | 145 | 100.0% | 9.8% |
| GENESIS SCHOOL INC. KANSAS CITY | 180 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| BERMUDA ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 164 | 100.0% | N/A |
| MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST St. Louis | 161 | 100.0% | 12.9% |
| HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 108 | 100.0% | 6.4% |
| MONROE ELEM. ST LOUIS | 181 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
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 SHENANDOAH ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #960 of 1,002 | #37 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #987 of 1,019 ▼ 16 | #41 of 57 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #1,008 of 1,018 ▼ 28 | #51 of 57 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #1,061 of 1,294 | #54 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #193 of 1,165 | #30 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
145
-21 (-13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 145 | 15 | 9.7:1 | 100% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 14 | 11.8:1 | 100% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 136 | 13 | 10.5:1 | 98% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 98% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 194 | 14.5 | 13.4:1 | 100% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | 100% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 168 | 12 | 14.0:1 | 77% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 92% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHENANDOAH ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (194 to 145); teachers up 3% (14.5 to 15).
About SHENANDOAH ELEM.
SHENANDOAH ELEM. is a public elementary school run by ST. LOUIS CITY in ST LOUIS, Missouri. Its enrollment is 145 students, spread over pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
ST. LOUIS CITY is the district for SHENANDOAH ELEM.. It has 62 schools and 17,933 students.
Of every 100 students at SHENANDOAH ELEM., about 89 are Black. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 3% White. Census figures show St. Louis city is about 42% Black. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at SHENANDOAH ELEM. are from different groups.
There are about 9.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SHENANDOAH ELEM., which has 15. Elementary schools in Missouri have an average ratio of 12.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%.
SHENANDOAH ELEM. holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SHENANDOAH ELEM. falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 9.8% actual against 22.4% predicted.
In the wider St. Louis city area, the median household earns about $56,160 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. SHENANDOAH ELEM. shares St. Louis city with 112 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MO School for the Blind - HS, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.4%; SHENANDOAH ELEM.'s is 9.8%, ranking 7th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, SHENANDOAH ELEM. is City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 166 to 145. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.7:1, from 11.1:1.
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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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Other SHENANDOAH Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named SHENANDOAH Elementary. SHENANDOAH ELEM. is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolSarahsville, OH · 809 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 805 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolMiddletown, IN · 630 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 584 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 403 students
Nearby schools
- MO School for the Blind - HS0.4 mi · 35
- MO School for the Blind - ELEM0.4 mi · 8
- MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST0.4 mi · 161
- ROOSEVELT HIGH0.6 mi · 734
- NAHED CHAPMAN NEW AMERICAN ACA0.7 mi · 332
- MOMENTUM FOX PARK0.7 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About SHENANDOAH ELEM.How large is SHENANDOAH ELEM.?
SHENANDOAH ELEM. enrolls approximately 145 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SHENANDOAH ELEM. serve?
SHENANDOAH ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does SHENANDOAH ELEM. have?
SHENANDOAH ELEM. employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the student diversity at SHENANDOAH ELEM.?
Student demographics at SHENANDOAH ELEM. are roughly 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 89% Black.
What district is SHENANDOAH ELEM. in?
SHENANDOAH ELEM. is part of ST. LOUIS CITY.
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