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What's something HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANCIS HOWELL R-III·NCES 292895002681
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.
1220 HARVEST RIDGE DR, ST CHARLES, MO 63303 · (636) 851-5100 · St. Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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
11.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
132 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 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
66%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
54.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
58.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.4% | 27.0% | 30.3% | 15.1% |
| Math | 31.0% | 27.0% | 21.6% | 20.2% |
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 | 54.4% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 52.7% |
| 2022-23 | 65.4% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 55.1% | 54.3% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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%.
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 HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.'s state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. this school | 572 | 23.1% | 52.9% |
| WESTRIDGE ELEM. BALLWIN | 397 | 28.0% | 52.8% |
| BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY Columbia | 656 | 19.7% | 57.7% |
| MILL CREEK ELEM. COLUMBIA | 583 | 15.3% | 66.6% |
| BALLWIN ELEM. BALLWIN | 426 | 18.8% | 54.9% |
| HANNA WOODS ELEM. BALLWIN | 360 | 30.3% | 49.2% |
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 HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #250 of 1,002 | #27 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #190 of 1,019 ▲ 92 | #18 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #254 of 1,018 ▼ 29 | #30 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #468 of 943 | #22 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #89 of 1,294 | #19 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #172 of 950 | #11 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #105 of 953 | #1 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,007 of 1,165 | #22 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #338 of 684 | #18 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
572
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 807
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 572 | 51 | 11.2:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 49.6 | 12.6:1 | 26% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 44.6 | 13.8:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 51.1 | 12.9:1 | 27% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 57 | 13.0:1 | 35% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 57 | 12.8:1 | 44% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 20% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARVEST RIDGE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (661 to 572); teachers unchanged (51.1 to 51).
About HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. is a large elementary school serving families in ST CHARLES, Missouri. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 572 students. That puts enrollment 82% above the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
The 21 schools in FRANCIS HOWELL R-III enroll 17,047 students altogether, HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. among them.
More than half of the students at HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. are White (53%). Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In St. Charles County overall, about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Its ratio of 11.2:1 is based on 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%.
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Missouri public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. is 51.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.9%.
For St. Charles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $104,692, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 93 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,314, HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ST.CHARLES EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, is about 1.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 574 in 2020-21 and 572 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- FAIRMOUNT ELEM.Elementary · 971 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 865 students
- CASTLIO ELEM.Elementary · 847 students
Other schools in ST CHARLES
- 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 HARVEST RIDGE Elementary schools
One other US public school is named HARVEST RIDGE Elementary. HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Harvest Ridge Elementary SchoolELGIN, TX · 596 students
Nearby schools
- ST.CHARLES EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR1.9 mi · 238
- FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGH2.0 mi · 1,716
- BECKY-DAVID ELEM.2.1 mi · 812
- EARLY CHILD. FAMILY EDUC CTR.2.2 mi · 189
- BARNWELL MIDDLE2.2 mi · 792
- HENDERSON ELEM.2.4 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.How many students attend HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.?
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. serve?
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. have?
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at HARVEST RIDGE ELEM.?
Student demographics at HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. are roughly 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. public or private?
HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRANCIS HOWELL R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.