Lew Muckle Elementary School

Lew Muckle Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, operated by Saint Croix School District, teaches 363 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Saint Croix School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,145 students; Lew Muckle Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lew Muckle Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

The closest other public school is Ricardo Richards Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Lew Muckle Elementary School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lew Muckle Elementary School has increased 16%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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