WYLAND ELEM.

As a big primary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, WYLAND ELEM. enrolls 545 students from grades K through 5, operated by RITENOUR. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 73% bigger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in RITENOUR (6,579 students total), WYLAND ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, WYLAND ELEM. shows that the most-represented group is Black (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 21% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at WYLAND ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, WYLAND ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 50.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), WYLAND ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

RITENOUR MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WYLAND ELEM. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

WYLAND ELEM. operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 34% to 21% over that span.

On this page, members of the WYLAND ELEM. community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.