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Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WENTZVILLE R-IV·NCES 293165002845
CROSSROADS ELEM.
7500 TOWN SQUARE, DARDENNE PRAIRIE, MO 63368 · (636) 625-4537 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
115 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
70.3%
MO avg 49.5% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
MO avg 48.7% . -14.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
-36 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.3:1
% White
64%
was 83%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
8%
was 6%
% Asian
16%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CROSSROADS ELEM.
Located at 7500 TOWN SQUARE, in DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Missouri, CROSSROADS ELEM. is an expansive K-5 school that serves 757 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within WENTZVILLE R-IV. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 140% larger than typical.
WENTZVILLE R-IV runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 18,469 students. CROSSROADS ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, CROSSROADS ELEM. lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CROSSROADS ELEM. has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CROSSROADS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of -4.9 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Charles County put the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CROSSROADS ELEM. is one of 93 public schools in St. Charles County (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students).
BARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROSSROADS ELEM. ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CROSSROADS ELEM. has ticked down 5%, going from 793 students in 2018 to 757 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 64%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for CROSSROADS ELEM. typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WENTZVILLE R-IV
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,647 students
- TIMBERLAND HIGHHigh · 1,525 students
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,433 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLEMiddle · 1,243 students
- WENTZVILLE SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,068 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,039 students
Other schools in DARDENNE PRAIRIE
- JOHN WELDON ELEM.Elementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- BARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR0.5 mi · 356
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.0.8 mi · 696
- TWIN CHIMNEYS ELEM.1.0 mi · 488
- OSTMANN ELEM.1.6 mi · 362
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGH2.0 mi · 1,643
- GREEN TREE ELEM.2.0 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About CROSSROADS ELEM.How large is CROSSROADS ELEM.?
CROSSROADS ELEM. enrolls approximately 757 students in grades KG-05.
Is CROSSROADS ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
CROSSROADS ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at CROSSROADS ELEM.?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at CROSSROADS ELEM..
How diverse is CROSSROADS ELEM.?
CROSSROADS ELEM. reports a student body of 64% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CROSSROADS ELEM. in?
CROSSROADS ELEM. is part of WENTZVILLE R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.