Ames Visual/Perf. Arts
Public elementary school in St Louis, Missouri · St. Louis City School District · Grades Pre-K–5
Ames Visual/Perf. Arts serves 131 students in grades Pre-K–5 in St Louis (St. Louis city). It is one of 62 schools in St. Louis City School District. By enrollment it is the 1037th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 9.4 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri elementary school (12.3).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,202 Missouri elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 14 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | St. Louis City School District |
| County | St. Louis city |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 292928002570 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | St. Louis City | Missouri elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 131 | 17,933 | 327 |
| Students per teacher | 9.4 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 100% | 53.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 13% of Missouri elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Ames Visual/Perf. Arts in context
Size
Of the 42 elementary schools in St. Louis City School District, Ames Visual/Perf. Arts is the 37th largest, with 0.7% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.1 miles away and have a median of 169 students, so Ames Visual/Perf. Arts is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is kindergarten with 25 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 13, against an average of 19 per grade. This year grade 5 has 24% fewer students than kindergarten (19 against 25). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 15 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Black students are the largest group, at 97.7% of enrollment, a higher share than across St. Louis City (74.8%).
100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across St. Louis City and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 69.5% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Ames Visual/Perf. Arts has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 131 students would have about 10.7 teachers, so Ames Visual/Perf. Arts has 3.3 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Old North Academy, 0.1 miles away in Confluence Academies. There are 44 elementary schools within 5 miles and 111 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 97.7% |
| White | 2.3% |
61.8% of students are girls and 38.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 15 |
| Kindergarten | 25 |
| Grade 1 | 13 |
| Grade 2 | 16 |
| Grade 3 | 24 |
| Grade 4 | 19 |
| Grade 5 | 19 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2900 Hadley, St Louis, MO 63107
Phone: (314)241-7165
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Ames Visual/Perf. Arts. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old North Academy | Confluence Academies | 0.1 mi | 448 | 12 | 99.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | St. Louis City | 0.9 mi | 125 | 11.4 | 100% |
| Henry Elementary School | St. Louis City | 1.1 mi | 165 | 8.7 | 100% |
| Elias Michael Elementary School | St. Louis City | 1.1 mi | 43 | 5.1 | 100% |
| Gateway Elementary School | St. Louis City | 1.1 mi | 426 | 10.8 | 100% |
| Columbia Elementary Comm. Education Center | St. Louis City | 1.3 mi | 216 | 14.9 | 100% |
| Bryan Hill Elementary School | St. Louis City | 1.6 mi | 173 | 12.8 | 100% |
| St. Louis Voices Academy | St. Louis Voices Academy | 1.6 mi | 135 | 14.7 | 97.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.