University Academy-Lower

Size

University Academy-Lower is the only elementary school in University Academy. Its 609 students are 54.8% of the district's 1,111. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 1.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 363; University Academy-Lower 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 kindergarten with 108 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 30, against an average of 87 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 108 in kindergarten and 98 in grade 5. It also enrolls 30 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Black students: 93.6% here and 94% across University Academy. Students from 5 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 University Academy and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 52.4% 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

With 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 609 students, University Academy-Lower has 15.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 609 students would have about 49.5 teachers, so University Academy-Lower has 10.3 fewer.

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

Location

University Academy-Lower is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other elementary school is Academie Lafayette Oak Elementary School, 0.3 miles away in Academie Lafayette. Within 10 miles there are 74 other elementary schools, 30 of them within 5 miles.

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