Gateway Science Acad-South Ele

Size

Of the 2 elementary schools in Gateway Science Acad/St Louis, Gateway Science Acad-South Ele is the largest, with 24.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.7 miles away and have a median of 287 students, so Gateway Science Acad-South Ele is larger than most of them.

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 1 with 66 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 39, against an average of 57 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 63 in kindergarten and 59 in grade 5. It also enrolls 39 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 47.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Gateway Science Acad/St Louis (31.1%). White students are next, at 30.3%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

79.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 62.7% across Gateway Science Acad/St Louis and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 43% 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

Gateway Science Acad-South Ele has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.9 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 402 students would have about 32.7 teachers, so Gateway Science Acad-South Ele has 4.3 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 Woerner Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in St. Louis City School District. There are 52 elementary schools within 5 miles and 121 within 10 miles.

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