Elementary · Missouri
Barack Obama Elementary School
Free meals for allBarack Obama Elementary School, a public elementary school in St. Louis, Missouri: grades 1–8, 233 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Normandy Schools Collaborative.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 233
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.5
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Grades
- 1–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 12.3 · 1,203 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 327 · 1,203 schools compared
Smaller than 84% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Missouri: 42%13%proficient
+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 42% · 952 elementary schools compared
95 students tested, grades 4, 5 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Missouri: 41%6.3%proficient
−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Missouri
Median 40% · 980 elementary schools compared
95 students tested, grades 4, 5 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 1–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Normandy Schools Collaborative.
Location
- Address
- 3883 Jennings Station Road, St. Louis, MO 63121
- Phone
- (314)493-0850
- City or town
- Pine Lawn
- County
- St. Louis County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laclede Elem.Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 264 | 14.7 | 9.7% | 7.1% |
Fairview PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 284 | 16.4 | 51% | — |
Walbridge Elem. Community Ed.Free meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 122 | 11.1 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
Jefferson Elem.Free meals for all | 1–8 | 214 | 16.5 | 6.4% | 9.5% |
Aspire AcademyCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 112 | 9.2 | — | — |
Lexington Elem.Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 234 | 13.0 | 6.1% | 13% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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