FOREST PARK ELEM.

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in O'FALLON, Missouri, FOREST PARK ELEM. works with 436 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,698 students. FOREST PARK ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FOREST PARK ELEM. records that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, FOREST PARK ELEM. lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above St. Charles County's rate of about 19%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOREST PARK ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 36.2%, a residual of -14.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Charles County) reports that median household earnings sit near $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Charles County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), FOREST PARK ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOREST PARK ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.7%.

FOREST PARK ELEM. operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 71% over that span.

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