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What's the one class at DARDENNE ELEM. every student should take?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 290837002492
DARDENNE ELEM.
2621 HWY K, O'FALLON, MO 63368 · (636) 978-4001 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
205 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.4pp since 2021
Math
39.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.5% | 28.0% | 37.8% | 20.5% |
| Math | 13.0% | 26.5% | 30.2% | 30.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 41.1% |
| 2022-23 | 49.2% | 40.4% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 45.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like DARDENNE ELEM.
DARDENNE ELEM.'s state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARDENNE ELEM. this school | 445 | 46.1% | 38.5% |
| PARTRIDGE ELEM. FT LEONARD WOOD | 375 | 48.3% | 55.0% |
| ALFRED L. RENNER ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 403 | 43.7% | 37.6% |
| BRIARCLIFF ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 352 | 48.0% | 48.8% |
| CLARDY ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 477 | 42.1% | 44.8% |
| MONROE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 366 | 47.8% | 49.5% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DARDENNE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #568 of 1,002 | #45 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #570 of 1,019 ▼ 48 | #43 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #559 of 1,018 ▼ 15 | #45 of 45 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.7pp | #150 of 943 | #3 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #258 of 1,294 | #28 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #238 of 950 | #13 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #191 of 953 | #2 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #719 of 1,165 | #3 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #224 of 251 | #12 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
+56 (+14%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 445 | 38.5 | 11.6:1 | 46% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 40 | 10.3:1 | 48% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 40.5 | 10.2:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 38 | 10.2:1 | 48% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 42.3 | 10.4:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 50% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 44% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 24% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 38 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DARDENNE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (439 to 445); teachers down 9% (42.3 to 38.5).
About DARDENNE ELEM.
DARDENNE ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school based in O'FALLON, Missouri. It enrolls 445 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 41% larger than the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
Across its 25 schools, FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 16,698 students. DARDENNE ELEM. is one of those schools.
The student body at DARDENNE ELEM. is 59% White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. St. Charles County's residents are about 84% White, 25 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at DARDENNE ELEM. are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The school has 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.6:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal data show 46% of students (205) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 19% average for public schools in St. Charles County is 27 points lower.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, DARDENNE ELEM. outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
DARDENNE ELEM. is 4.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.5% versus 42.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Charles County show that median household income comes to about $104,692, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 93, with about 59,314 students.
About 0.6 miles separate DARDENNE ELEM. from the closest public school, EMGE ELEM.. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. DARDENNE ELEM.'s average proficiency of 38.5% compares with 53.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 56 students, from 389 to 445. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.6:1.
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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 FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
Other schools in O'FALLON
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLEMiddle · 1,243 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.Elementary · 696 students
Nearby schools
- EMGE ELEM.0.6 mi · 348
- OSTMANN ELEM.1.2 mi · 362
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH MIDDLE1.3 mi · 823
- Boonslick1.3 mi · 23
- PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.1.4 mi · 642
- ROCK CREEK ELEM.1.5 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About DARDENNE ELEM.How large is DARDENNE ELEM.?
DARDENNE ELEM. enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DARDENNE ELEM. serve?
DARDENNE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DARDENNE ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DARDENNE ELEM. is approximately 11.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DARDENNE ELEM.?
At DARDENNE ELEM., the student body is approximately 59% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is DARDENNE ELEM. in?
DARDENNE ELEM. is part of FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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