Charter agency · St. Louis city
The Biome, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
The Biome runs 1 public school with 167 students in grades K to 5. Its ratio of 7.3 students per teacher is 5.7 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "THE BIOME".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 167
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 7.3
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4471 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63108
- Phone
- (314)531-0982
- County
- St. Louis city
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 5
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2900609
- State district ID
- MO-115926
- Total staff (FTE)
- 26
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district7.3
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (187), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $547,000
- State revenue
- $2.0 million
- Local revenue
- $523,000
- Total spending
- $2.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,326
- Salaries
- $1.1 million44.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.9%
- State: 64.9%
- Local: 17.1%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,326
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in The Biome
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| The BiomeCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 167 | 7.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis city
- St. Louis City County Public Schools 17,933 students
- Confluence Academies 2,460 students
- KIPP St Louis Public Schools 2,069 students
- Gateway Science Acad/St Louis 1,666 students
- Premier Charter School 974 students
- Lift for Life Academy 865 students
- Momentum Academy 599 students
- City Garden Montessori 589 students
- Kairos Academies 515 students
- St. Louis Lang Immersion Sch 493 students
- North Side Community School 433 students
- Atlas Public Schools 431 students
- Lafayette Preparatory Academy 414 students
- The Soulard School 138 students
- St. Louis Voices Academy 135 students
More in Missouri
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.