SOUTH CITY

SOUTH CITY operates as a large elementary school in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, one of the schools within CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES. Current enrollment sits at 838 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 166% bigger than typical.

Within CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES, which oversees 6 schools and 2,460 students, SOUTH CITY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH CITY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 40% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 5% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, SOUTH CITY reports 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH CITY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 35.7%, a residual of -13.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Louis city) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. SOUTH CITY is one of 113 public schools in St. Louis city (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students).

The closest other public school is MERAMEC ELEM., roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH CITY ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, SOUTH CITY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH CITY's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 788 (now 838). Black enrollment moved from 50% to 40% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SOUTH CITY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.