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W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.
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W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. is a substantial elementary-level community in KIRKWOOD, Missouri, operated by KIRKWOOD R-VII. The school caters to 565 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 79% bigger than the state mean of about 315.
W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by KIRKWOOD R-VII, a district that enrolls 5,982 students overall.
On demographics, W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.2%; actual is 28.1%, a gap of -23.0 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) reports that median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.'s enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 565).
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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