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What's something Discovery Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD FARM R-V·NCES 292316003177
Discovery Elementary
500 Discovery Path Lane, St. Charles, MO 63301 · (636) 757-6800 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
12.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
110 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Discovery Elementary→Orchard Farm Middle School→Orchard Farm Junior High Schl→Orchard Farm High School
Based on grade levels within ORCHARD FARM R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +12.1pp since 2021
Math
47.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.3% | 32.6% | 32.0% | 10.0% |
| Math | 22.6% | 24.6% | 31.3% | 21.3% |
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 | 57.9% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.7% | 48.8% |
| 2021-22 | 45.8% | 44.8% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Discovery Elementary
Discovery Elementary's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Elementary this school | 394 | 27.9% | 48.3% |
| HAWTHORN ELEM. ST PETERS | 458 | 24.9% | 49.1% |
| HAZEL GROVE ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 331 | 25.4% | 55.8% |
| ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. COLUMBIA | 296 | 31.1% | 46.5% |
| GERNER FAMILY EARLY ED CTR. KANSAS CITY | 392 | 30.6% | N/A |
| TRAILRIDGE ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 418 | 22.7% | 48.4% |
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 Discovery Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #354 of 1,002 | #40 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #402 of 1,019 ▲ 12 | #39 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #185 of 1,018 ▲ 81 | #19 of 45 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #197 of 943 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #413 of 1,294 | #38 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #316 of 950 | #18 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #220 of 953 | #5 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #961 of 1,165 | #17 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #186 of 251 | #11 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
394
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
+56% since 2010-11, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 394 | 32.8 | 12.0:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 34.3 | 13.1:1 | 32% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 32.7 | 12.7:1 | 31% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 30% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 27.5 | 13.8:1 | 30% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 32% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 36% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Discovery Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (378 to 394); teachers up 19% (27.5 to 32.8).
About Discovery Elementary
Discovery Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in St. Charles, Missouri. It had 394 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 4. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
ORCHARD FARM R-V (5 schools, 2,241 students) runs Discovery Elementary.
About 60% of the student body at Discovery Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 21% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 84% of St. Charles County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
For every teacher at Discovery Elementary, there are about 12.0 students; the school has 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. There are 110 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment. It compares with 19% for public schools in St. Charles County.
Discovery Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Discovery Elementary's results are 1.1 points below predicted: 48.3% against 49.4%.
In St. Charles County, the median household earns about $104,692 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across St. Charles County, 93 public schools serve about 59,314 students.
Measured in a straight line, Early Learning Center is about 0.8 miles from Discovery Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Discovery Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Discovery Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 9%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.5 to 12.0 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Discovery Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 ORCHARD FARM R-V
- Orchard Farm High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Orchard Farm ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Orchard Farm Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 230 students
- Orchard Farm Junior High SchlMiddle
Other schools in St. Charles
- Orchard Farm High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Orchard Farm ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 230 students
- BLACKHURST ELEMENTARYElementary · 227 students
- Orchard Farm Junior High SchlMiddle
Other Discovery Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 10 states are named Discovery Elementary. Discovery Elementary is the 15th largest of the 17.
- Discovery Elementary - 26Sioux Falls, SD · 873 students
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUNRISE, FL · 789 students
- Discovery ElementarySan Marcos, CA · 717 students
- Discovery ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 706 students
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 679 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.8 mi · 230
- COVERDELL ELEM.1.3 mi · 291
- Orchard Farm High School1.7 mi · 698
- ST. CHARLES HIGH2.0 mi · 782
- BLACKHURST ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 227
- HARDIN MIDDLE2.1 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Discovery ElementaryHow large is Discovery Elementary?
Discovery Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Discovery Elementary serve?
Discovery Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Discovery Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Discovery Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Discovery Elementary?
At Discovery Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 6% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Discovery Elementary public or private?
Discovery Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORCHARD FARM R-V.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.