BRENNAN WOODS ELEM.

Located at 4630 BRENNAN RD, in HIGH RIDGE, Missouri, BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. is a medium-sized primary school that serves 470 students (grades K through 5), part of NORTHWEST R-I. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. sits 49% above that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in NORTHWEST R-I (5,815 students total), BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -17.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students).

The closest other public school is WOODRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRENNAN WOODS ELEM. ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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