Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning

Size

Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning is the 40th largest of St. Louis City School District's 42 elementary schools; its 108 students are 0.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 0.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 214; Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning is smaller 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 40 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 30, against an average of 36 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 38 in grade 3 and 40 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Black students: 87% here and 74.8% across St. Louis City. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across St. Louis City and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 51.9% 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

With 9 full-time-equivalent teachers for 108 students, Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning has 12 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 108 students would have about 8.8 teachers, so Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning has about as many as that.

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

Location

Humboldt Academy of Higher Lrning is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is The Soulard School, 0.2 miles away in The Soulard School. Within 10 miles there are 105 other elementary schools, 50 of them within 5 miles.

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