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Griffith Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 200 Day Dr, Ferguson, St. Louis County, 63135

282
Pupils
11.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Griffith Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ferguson, St. Louis County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ferguson-Florissant R-Ii school district. It serves grades 3โ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 9% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Ferguson-Florissant R-Ii

Enrollment & staffing

Griffith Elementary enrolls 282 students across grades 3โ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.

Male students
145 (51%)
Female students
137 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
24.5
Student-teacher ratio
11.5:1
Grade span
3โ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 6.4% Two or more races and 4.3% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American24587%
Two or more races186.4%
White124.3%
Hispanic or Latino62.1%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

279 of the school's 282 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 279 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 3โ€“5Title I

Griffith Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-10, state senate district 14, state house district 74.

School district: FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II

Griffith Elementary is one of 23 schools in FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II, based in Hazelwood, Missouri. The district serves 8,809 students district-wide and employs 714 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 282 students, Griffith Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 383 students per school.

8,809
District students
23
Schools
714
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

9%
Reading proficient
3%
Math proficient
40%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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