Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBSTER GROVES·NCES 293153002486
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.
701 N ROCK HILL RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63119 · (314) 963-6460 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
113 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Based on grade levels within WEBSTER GROVES. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
49.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.5pp 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 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 34.5% | 23.9% | 28.8% | 12.6% |
| Math | 29.5% | 19.7% | 25.3% | 25.3% |
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 | 58.4% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 52.1% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 47.7% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.'s state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. this school | 306 | 36.9% | 54.1% |
| STONEGATE ELEM. RAYMORE | 330 | 33.0% | 35.2% |
| GEORGE M. NULL ELEM. ST CHARLES | 233 | 42.1% | 52.2% |
| ROSE ACRES ELEM. MARYLAND HEIGHTS | 388 | 36.3% | 51.2% |
| LAFAYETTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 414 | 24.2% | 64.2% |
| HAZEL GROVE ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 331 | 25.4% | 55.8% |
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 DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #226 of 1,002 | #57 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #362 of 1,019 ▼ 64 | #70 of 138 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #183 of 1,018 ▼ 38 | #52 of 138 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #493 of 943 | #73 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #681 of 1,294 | #116 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #352 of 950 | #25 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #203 of 953 | #32 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #859 of 1,165 | #72 of 154 |
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
306
+178 (+139%) vs 2020
+117% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 306 | 25.1 | 12.2:1 | 37% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 23.8 | 12.2:1 | 33% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 21.9 | 11.8:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 128 | 13 | 9.8:1 | 26% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 114 | 8.7 | 13.0:1 | 16% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 125 | 9 | 13.9:1 | 22% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 125 | 8 | 15.6:1 | 10% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 122 | 7 | 17.4:1 | 19% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 7 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 168% (114 to 306); teachers up 187% (8.7 to 25.1).
About DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. is a public mid-sized elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 306 students.
WEBSTER GROVES is the local district for DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.. It runs 9 schools with 4,312 students.
More than half of the students at DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. are White (54%). Other reported shares: 33% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 62% White among all St. Louis County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The school's 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is similar, at 12.4:1. Income data for the school show 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. is 8.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Missouri schools.
Looking at the county, St. Louis County, median household income comes to about $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 275 public schools and about 134,601 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HUDSON ELEM., is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school counted 128 students in 2020-21 and 306 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The school's ratio increased from 9.8:1 to 12.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
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Frequently asked questions
About DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.How large is DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.?
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. serve?
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM.?
At DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM., the student body is approximately 54% White, 4% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. in?
DR. HENRY GIVENS JR. ELEM. is part of WEBSTER GROVES.
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