SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR.

As a compact elementary campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. instructs 206 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of ST. LOUIS CITY. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. lists that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 68.0%.

Zooming out to the county, St. Louis city reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is one.

MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.4%.

SIGEL ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 228 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 97% to 82%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.