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What's the one class at DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY every student should take?
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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WENTZVILLE R-IV·NCES 293165003155
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY
2523 SOMMERS ROAD, O'FALLON, MO 63367 · (636) 561-2354 · St. Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
80 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 58% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
68.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +11.3pp since 2021
Math
66.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +6.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.9% | 30.2% | 25.1% | 6.7% |
| Math | 32.5% | 33.5% | 18.7% | 15.1% |
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 | 68.1% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 58.1% |
| 2021-22 | 56.8% | 59.3% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 RIDGE ELEMENTARY
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY this school | 590 | 13.6% | 63.7% |
| ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED. CHESTERFIELD | 646 | 5.7% | N/A |
| CASTLIO ELEM. ST CHARLES | 847 | 12.2% | 62.2% |
| ELLISVILLE ELEM. ELLISVILLE | 474 | 9.3% | 62.8% |
| WREN HOLLOW ELEM. BALLWIN | 409 | 14.7% | 54.2% |
| REED ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 410 | 8.3% | 76.6% |
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 RIDGE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #91 of 1,002 | #10 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #91 of 1,019 ▼ 19 | #6 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #61 of 1,018 ▲ 47 | #7 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #130 of 943 | #4 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #77 of 1,294 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #629 of 950 | #47 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #435 of 953 | #36 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #1,085 of 1,165 | #40 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.1% | #40 of 684 | #5 of 33 |
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
590
-168 (-22%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 590 | 43.2 | 13.7:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 42.2 | 13.9:1 | 14% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 43.4 | 14.1:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 12% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 924 | 60.7 | 15.2:1 | 15% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 12% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 24% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (924 to 590); teachers down 29% (60.7 to 43.2).
About DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in O'FALLON, Missouri, administered by WENTZVILLE R-IV. A total of 590 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students, so this school is 87% bigger than average.
WENTZVILLE R-IV oversees DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY and 21 other schools, with 18,469 students in total.
At DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY, White students make up 76% of the student body. The school is also 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 84% White share among all St. Charles County residents. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The school's lunch program data list 14% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is +8.9 points: 63.7% actual, 54.8% predicted.
Within St. Charles County, the median household income is $104,692, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY, St. Charles County has 92 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, FRONTIER MIDDLE is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY. Among its closest neighbors with test data, DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY's enrollment declined 22%, to 590.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 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
- FRONTIER MIDDLE0.3 mi · 1,243
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,647
- BARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR2.1 mi · 356
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.2.1 mi · 696
- GREEN TREE ELEM.2.2 mi · 640
- CROSSROADS ELEM.2.3 mi · 757
Frequently asked questions
About DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARYHow large is DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-05.
Is DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY have?
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY?
DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY is overseen by WENTZVILLE R-IV in St. Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.