Bierbaum Elementary School

Size

Of the 11 elementary schools in Mehlville R-IX School District, Bierbaum Elementary School is the largest, with 5.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.1 miles away and have a median of 580 students, so Bierbaum Elementary School is close to their typical size.

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 3 with 99 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 80, against an average of 89 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 80 in kindergarten and 83 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 68.7% of enrollment, a lower share than across Mehlville R-IX (78.8%). Black students are next, at 12.2%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

50.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30.1% across Mehlville R-IX and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 23.4% 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

Bierbaum Elementary School has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 531 students would have about 43.2 teachers, so Bierbaum Elementary School has 3.9 fewer.

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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is Mosaic Elementary School, 1 miles away in the same district. There are 28 elementary schools within 5 miles and 109 within 10 miles.

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