Early Education Center

Size

Early Education Center is the only school in Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District. Its 124 students are 1.4% of the district's 8,809. The 8 nearest schools are a median 5 miles away and have a median of 136 students, so Early Education Center 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

Early Education Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 124 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 81.5% of enrollment, about the same share as across Ferguson-Florissant R-II (84.1%). White students are next, at 11.3%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.8% across Ferguson-Florissant R-II and a median of 46.5% for Missouri schools. 2.4% 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

Early Education Center has 0.75 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 165.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri school ratio of 13.2, a school with 124 students would have about 9.4 teachers, so Early Education Center has 8.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri schools (13.2).

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 school is West Early Childhood Center, 3 miles away in Hazelwood School District. There are 4 schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

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