Original Research by School Decision on Alfredo Andrews Elementary School
Alfredo Andrews Elementary School sits in Kingshill on Saint Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and serves children from prekindergarten through sixth grade. It is part of the Saint Croix School District, the public school system covering the island. The school is neither a charter nor a magnet campus, and no specific school-type label appears in the available data.
The enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary campus serving this grade band. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school firmly in the category of a high-poverty community school. The student body is predominantly Black, with a large Hispanic minority and very small Asian and White populations. This mix reflects the broader demographic character of Saint Croix itself. Data on special-education enrollment and English-learner status was not reported, so those pictures remain blank here. A parent whose child receives special-education services or who is an English learner may want to ask the school directly about the supports available.
State assessment results were not available in the data provided. Without proficiency figures or a multi-year trend, there is no way to characterize how students are performing on standardized tests from the information on hand. The same gap applies to the nationally standardized academic context, which carried no usable metrics for this school. These absences may reflect the particular reporting environment of the U.S. Virgin Islands or the specific grade range served, but the data does not state a reason, so it is better to name the gap than guess at it. Civil-rights data, course-access information, staffing figures, and attendance data were also absent.
No graduation rate applies here, and the reason is straightforward: Alfredo Andrews stops at sixth grade, so it does not produce graduates. Programs data was not provided, so any mention of extracurriculars, after-care, or specialized academic offerings would be speculation.
Saint Croix itself is an island of two towns. Christiansted, on the northeast coast, serves as the territorial capital with a walkable historic core, a harbor boardwalk, shops, and restaurants. Frederiksted, on the western end, is commercially more active and hosts the cruise ship pier, which received a publicly reported enhancement to accommodate larger vessels. Outside these two town centers, the island is largely car-dependent, with residential subdivisions, former plantation estates, and resort properties spread along roads. Public transit is minimal. Kingshill, where the school is located, sits in this dispersed settlement pattern, meaning most families will rely on cars for the school commute.
The island's economy leans heavily on tourism, with hotels, resorts, restaurants, and cruise operations as major employers. The Cruzan Rum Distillery remains operational. The shutdown of the Hovensa oil refinery, once among the island's largest employers, dealt a lasting blow to the industrial base, and government employment at the territorial level provides a share of jobs. Agriculture has seen a slow resurgence driven by demand for local produce. The island's population has been declining over recent census cycles, shaped in part by repeated natural and economic shocks, including Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Maria, both of which damaged or destroyed a substantial portion of the island's buildings, including schools and the only hospital. Recovery and reconstruction have been ongoing with federal aid.
We searched for parent-relevant changes within the Saint Croix School District but found little meeting a lasting-impact threshold, so that section is left empty rather than guessed. No housing-value or rental data was included in the payload for this school's area, so the housing-market picture is missing here as well. A family considering a move to this part of Saint Croix would need to look elsewhere for current home prices and rents.
What the data does show is a public elementary school serving a high-poverty community on an island that has weathered serious economic and environmental disruption. The academic picture is unknown from the available information. Families considering Alfredo Andrews would benefit from contacting the school directly to ask about test results, classroom resources, special-education and English-learner services, and any programs or after-school offerings, since none of those details appear in the records reviewed here.
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