Crossroads - Central Street

Size

Of the 2 elementary schools in Crossroads Charter Schools, Crossroads - Central Street is the largest, with 35.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2 miles away and have a median of 440 students, so Crossroads - Central Street is close to their typical size.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

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 6 with 69 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 16, against an average of 44 per grade. This year grade 6 has 68% more students than kindergarten (69 against 41). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 16 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 54.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Crossroads Charter Schools (49.7%). Hispanic students are next, at 20%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

64.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 56.2% across Crossroads Charter Schools and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 36.3% 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

Crossroads - Central Street has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 355 students would have about 28.9 teachers, so Crossroads - Central Street has 2.1 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 Crossroads - Quality Hill, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 26 elementary schools within 5 miles and 82 within 10 miles.

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