WASHINGTON ELEM.

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in ST LOUIS, Missouri, WASHINGTON ELEM. teaches 244 students from grades 1 through 8, part of NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 315.

WASHINGTON ELEM. is one of 7 schools operated by NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE, a district that instructs 2,440 students overall.

On demographics, WASHINGTON ELEM. shows that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WASHINGTON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for St. Louis County shows median household earnings sit near $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which WASHINGTON ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 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), WASHINGTON ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 244 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.