HANNA WOODS ELEM.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 32 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HANNA WOODS ELEM.
Located at 720 HANNA RD, in BALLWIN, Missouri, HANNA WOODS ELEM. is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 360 students (grades K through 5), operated by PARKWAY C-2.
Across the 29 schools in PARKWAY C-2 (16,759 students total), HANNA WOODS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, HANNA WOODS ELEM. records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, HANNA WOODS ELEM. shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.
With demographic context factored in, HANNA WOODS ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which HANNA WOODS ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: SOUTH HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HANNA WOODS ELEM. at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.2%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Looking at the recent track record. HANNA WOODS ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 360). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
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