Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 290837000234
FOREST PARK ELEM.
501 SUNFLOWER, O'FALLON, MO 63366 · (636) 272-2704 · St. Charles County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
153 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 155 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 36% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
42.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.2pp since 2021
Math
35.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -12.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.6% | 24.3% | 41.6% | 15.3% |
| Math | 15.4% | 19.9% | 31.2% | 33.4% |
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 | 42.9% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 56.2% | 49.6% |
| 2021-22 | 52.1% | 47.8% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 FOREST PARK ELEM.
FOREST PARK ELEM.'s state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST PARK ELEM. this school | 436 | 35.1% | 41.5% |
| JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM. O'FALLON | 412 | 36.7% | N/A |
| LEWIS CLARK ELEM. ST PETERS | 426 | 33.3% | 38.9% |
| ST. PETERS ELEM. ST PETERS | 384 | 36.5% | N/A |
| PRAIRIE POINT ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 437 | 33.0% | 42.2% |
| STERLING ELEM. WARRENSBURG | 399 | 39.1% | 39.6% |
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 FOREST PARK ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #492 of 1,002 | #43 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #670 of 1,019 ▼ 138 | #45 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #523 of 1,018 ▼ 195 | #44 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.9pp | #53 of 943 | #1 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #283 of 1,294 | #31 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #428 of 950 | #27 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #354 of 953 | #21 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #882 of 1,165 | #10 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #614 of 684 | #32 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
436
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 436 | 34.5 | 12.6:1 | 35% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 35.5 | 11.3:1 | 40% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 36.7 | 10.7:1 | 39% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 35% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 33.5 | 13.4:1 | 34% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 33% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 26% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST PARK ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (450 to 436); teachers up 3% (33.5 to 34.5).
About FOREST PARK ELEM.
FOREST PARK ELEM. is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in O'FALLON, Missouri. Enrollment stands at 436 students, covering grades 3 through 5. That is 38% larger than the average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
FOREST PARK ELEM. is a school in FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 25 schools and 16,698 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at FOREST PARK ELEM.. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In St. Charles County overall, about 84% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 48, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 12.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at FOREST PARK ELEM., which has 34.5. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 12.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 35%. For comparison, public schools in St. Charles County average 19%.
FOREST PARK ELEM. sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.5% and a predicted 46.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for St. Charles County show that the median household earns about $104,692 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across St. Charles County, 93 public schools serve about 59,314 students.
FOREST PARK ELEM. is about 0.1 miles from JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM., its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, FOREST PARK ELEM. ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 436, compared with 421 in 2020-21.
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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 FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 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
Other FOREST PARK Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named FOREST PARK Elementary. FOREST PARK ELEM. is the 6th largest of the 13.
- Forest Park ElementaryFremont, CA · 725 students
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 613 students
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 558 students
- Forest Park ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 522 students
- Forest Park ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 472 students
Nearby schools
- JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM.0.1 mi · 412
- WESTHOFF ELEM.0.8 mi · 534
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLE0.9 mi · 1,019
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGH1.1 mi · 1,538
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.7 mi · 307
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGH2.1 mi · 1,212
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST PARK ELEM.How many students attend FOREST PARK ELEM.?
FOREST PARK ELEM. enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does FOREST PARK ELEM. serve?
FOREST PARK ELEM. serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST PARK ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST PARK ELEM. is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FOREST PARK ELEM.?
At FOREST PARK ELEM., the student body is approximately 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is FOREST PARK ELEM. in?
FOREST PARK ELEM. is part of FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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