Becky-David Elementary School

Size

Of the 10 elementary schools in Francis Howell R-III School District, Becky-David Elementary School is the 4th largest, with 4.8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.5 miles away with a median enrollment of 613; Becky-David Elementary School is larger 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 grade 5 with 142 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 33, against an average of 116 per grade. This year grade 5 has 25% more students than kindergarten (142 against 114). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 33 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 74.6% here and 73.8% across Francis Howell R-III. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

14.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 16.3% across Francis Howell R-III and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 6.9% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 62 full-time-equivalent teachers for 812 students, Becky-David Elementary School has 13.1 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 812 students would have about 66 teachers, so Becky-David Elementary School has 4 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

Becky-David Elementary School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other elementary school is Henderson Elementary School, 1.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 54 other elementary schools, 13 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.