SOUTHVIEW

SOUTHVIEW is an elementary school of rural-scale scale in CRESTWOOD, Missouri, operated by SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO., educateing 71 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO. comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,576 students; SOUTHVIEW is among them.

Looking at the student body, SOUTHVIEW records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, SOUTHVIEW records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting SOUTHVIEW tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at SOUTHVIEW qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Louis County shows 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. SOUTHVIEW is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHVIEW HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHVIEW has edged down 4%, going from 74 students in 2018 to 71 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 9% to 24%.

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