WALKER ELEM.

Located at 1250 HUMES LN, in FLORISSANT, Missouri, WALKER ELEM. is a heavily attended elementary campus that teaches 508 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HAZELWOOD. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 31 schools in HAZELWOOD (16,321 students total), WALKER ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, WALKER ELEM. reports that Black students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, WALKER ELEM. lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting WALKER ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALKER ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), WALKER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHWEST MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALKER ELEM.. On composite proficiency, WALKER ELEM. comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

WALKER ELEM. operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALKER ELEM. has rose 56%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 13% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.