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Enrollment
971
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANCIS HOWELL R-III·NCES 292895001859
FAIRMOUNT ELEM.
1725 THOELE RD, ST PETERS, MO 63376 · (636) 851-4500 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- C-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
13.1:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
202 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (154) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (179).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
56.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2021
Math
44.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -4.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.5% | 31.4% | 30.6% | 12.3% |
| Math | 20.6% | 23.8% | 31.7% | 23.8% |
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 | 56.9% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 51.5% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.5% | 49.0% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 FAIRMOUNT ELEM.
FAIRMOUNT ELEM.'s state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRMOUNT ELEM. this school | 971 | 20.8% | 52.1% |
| DONALD D. SIEGRIST ELEM. PLATTE CITY | 679 | 19.4% | 57.8% |
| INDEPENDENCE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 762 | 11.5% | 72.0% |
| CORDILL-MASON ELEM. BLUE SPRINGS | 681 | 25.7% | 57.4% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 599 | 16.4% | 54.1% |
| GREEN TREE ELEM. LAKE ST LOUIS | 640 | 22.8% | 54.8% |
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 FAIRMOUNT ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #265 of 1,002 | #30 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #456 of 1,019 ▼ 143 | #40 of 45 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #200 of 1,018 ▼ 24 | #21 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #268 of 943 | #11 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #4 of 1,294 | #2 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #521 of 950 | #37 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.2% | #477 of 953 | #43 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #1,027 of 1,165 | #28 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #378 of 684 | #22 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
971
-84 (-8%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,786
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 971 | 74.1 | 13.1:1 | 21% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 1,026 | 73.6 | 13.9:1 | 20% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 1,013 | 78.3 | 12.9:1 | 18% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 1,055 | 83 | 12.7:1 | 20% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 1,107 | 74.9 | 14.8:1 | 19% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 994 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 23% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 66 | 13.8:1 | 26% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 1,169 | 70 | 16.7:1 | 8% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 1,786 | 99 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRMOUNT ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,107 to 971); teachers down 1% (74.9 to 74.1).
About FAIRMOUNT ELEM.
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is a large elementary school. Its address is in ST PETERS, Missouri. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 971 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students each.
FRANCIS HOWELL R-III is the local district for FAIRMOUNT ELEM.. It runs 21 schools with 17,047 students.
A majority of students at FAIRMOUNT ELEM., 78%, are White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Hispanic. FAIRMOUNT ELEM. has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 74.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is about 12.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 21% of students. Across public schools in St. Charles County, the average is about the same, 19%.
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 52.1%. Predicted: 52.1%.
Across St. Charles County, median household income is about $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of St. Charles County number 93 and enroll about 59,314.
EARLY CHILD FAMILY EDUC. CTR. is located about 1.5 miles from FAIRMOUNT ELEM.. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, FAIRMOUNT ELEM. went from 1,055 students to 971.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 FRANCIS HOWELL R-III
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGHHigh · 1,843 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,750 students
- FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,716 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 865 students
- CASTLIO ELEM.Elementary · 847 students
- BRYAN MIDDLEMiddle · 827 students
Other schools in ST PETERS
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- DR. BERNARD J. DUBRAY MIDDLEMiddle · 869 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 823 students
- WARREN ELEM.Elementary · 729 students
- PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.Elementary · 642 students
Other FAIRMOUNT Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named FAIRMOUNT Elementary. FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is the largest of the 8.
- FAIRMOUNT ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 313 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolGOLDEN, CO · 601 students
- Fairmount ElementaryEverett, WA · 510 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolFairmount, GA · 366 students
- Fairmount ElementaryBristol, TN · 351 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILD FAMILY EDUC. CTR.1.5 mi · 117
- CENTRAL ELEM.1.5 mi · 865
- HAWTHORN ELEM.1.6 mi · 458
- HOLLENBECK MIDDLE1.6 mi · 769
- DR. BERNARD J. DUBRAY MIDDLE1.7 mi · 869
- HENDERSON ELEM.1.8 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRMOUNT ELEM.How many students attend FAIRMOUNT ELEM.?
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. enrolls approximately 971 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does FAIRMOUNT ELEM. serve?
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does FAIRMOUNT ELEM. have?
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is FAIRMOUNT ELEM.?
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. reports a student body of 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is FAIRMOUNT ELEM. in?
FAIRMOUNT ELEM. is part of FRANCIS HOWELL R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.