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Table 1 Special School District of St. Louis County school demographics and mitigation strategies

From: SARS-CoV-2 screening testing in schools for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

 

All Schools

School

1 (9-12+)

2 (K-8)

3 (9-12+)

4 (K-8)

5* (9-12+)

6* (K-8)

Staff employed

622

109

105

120

142

70

76

 Teachers and aids

466

75

76

95

103

68

49

 Administrative staff

2

4

4

4

4

5

5

 Ancillary services

79

9

15

15

16

24

24

 Nurses

20

2

7

2

6

3

3

 Other

8

5

3

0

0

0

0

Students enrolled (week 14/week 24)

723/656

118/95

132/128

163/132

172/173

79/73

59/55

 Black/African-American

378 (52)

42 (36)

69 (52)

119 (71)

136 (79)

5 (6)

7 (13)

 White Non-Hispanic

295 (41)

72 (61)

44 (34)

40 (24)

32 (18)

67 (85)

40 (73)

 Hispanic/Latino

20 (3)

3 (3)

3 (2)

5 (3)

3 (2)

3 (4)

3 (5)

 Asian

17 (2)

1 (1)

10 (8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (4)

3 (5)

 Other

10 (1)

0 (0)

5 (4)

0 (0)

2 (1)

1 (1)

2 (4)

 In-person/hybrid learning (week 1)

428 (59)

69 (59)

83 (63)

70 (42)

102 (58)

54 (68)

46 (82)

 In-person learning (week 14)

467 (65)

76 (64)

93 (70)

97 (59)

98 (57)

61 (77)

49 (84)

 In-person learning (week 24)

439 (67)

63 (66)

90 (70)

80 (61)

99 (57)

61 (84)

46 (84)

 % receiving free or reduced lunch

–

33%

100%

100%

100%

27%

53%

Mitigation strategies

 % staff masked

–

100%

100%

100%

100%

> 75%

> 75%

 % students masked

–

50–75%

> 75%

> 75%

> 75%

50–75%

50–75%

 Desks spaced at least 6 feet in classrooms

–

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

 Symptom screening for students

–

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Barriers in place

–

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Lunch location

–

Class

Class

Class

Class

Class

Class

 Ventilation system replaced

–

No

No

No

No

No

No

  1. Percentages are indicated in parenthesis
  2. *Schools 5 and 6 are in the same building and share the same nurses, ancillary staff, and administrators