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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001387
HENRY ELEM.
700 HENRY AVE, BALLWIN, MO 63011 · (314) 415-6350 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
43 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
60.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.5pp since 2021
Math
63.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.8% | 26.2% | 29.2% | 10.6% |
| Math | 35.7% | 27.7% | 24.3% | 12.1% |
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 | 60.0% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.1% | 65.8% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 59.8% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 HENRY ELEM.
HENRY ELEM.'s state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENRY ELEM. this school | 512 | 8.4% | 58.6% |
| MCKELVEY INTERMEDIATE MARYLAND HEIGHTS | 432 | 17.8% | 68.9% |
| SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. CHESTERFIELD | 387 | 8.3% | 60.6% |
| PIERREMONT ELEM. MANCHESTER | 474 | 12.7% | 75.5% |
| OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 379 | 11.6% | 72.3% |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD CHESTERFIELD | 342 | 0.9% | N/A |
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 HENRY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #156 of 1,002 | #44 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #118 of 1,019 ▲ 2 | #33 of 138 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #155 of 1,018 ▼ 10 | #46 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #385 of 943 | #44 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #147 of 1,294 | #22 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #803 of 950 | #102 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #167 of 953 | #29 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.4% | #1,128 of 1,165 | #126 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.5% | #21 of 684 | #2 of 103 |
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
512
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 512 | 34.6 | 14.8:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 36.2 | 14.7:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 34.4 | 15.6:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 34.3 | 26.4:1 | 4% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 11% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 14% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HENRY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (906 to 512); teachers up 1% (34.3 to 34.6).
About HENRY ELEM.
As a large elementary school, HENRY ELEM. serves students in BALLWIN, Missouri. It serves 512 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Missouri is roughly 315 students; this school is 63% bigger than that.
PARKWAY C-2 includes 29 schools. Together they enroll 16,759 students.
Roughly 56% of students at HENRY ELEM. are White. Other groups include 26% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
HENRY ELEM. operates with 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.8:1. That is higher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. About 8% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in St. Louis County, the average eligibility rate is 43%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, HENRY ELEM. falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 58.6% actual against 56.8% predicted.
In St. Louis County (population about 995,569), the median household income is $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 275 public schools in St. Louis County, enrolling about 134,601 students in all.
The shortest distance from HENRY ELEM. to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to SOUTH MIDDLE. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, HENRY ELEM. ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies HENRY ELEM.'s location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at HENRY ELEM. declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 549 to 512 students.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in BALLWIN
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 803 students
- SELVIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 583 students
- CLAYMONT ELEM.Elementary · 460 students
- BALLWIN ELEM.Elementary · 426 students
- WOERTHER ELEM.Elementary · 423 students
Other HENRY Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named HENRY Elementary. HENRY ELEM. is the largest of the 8.
- HENRY ELEM.CLINTON, MO · 365 students
- HENRY ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 165 students
- Henry Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 445 students
- Henry ElementaryHenry, TN · 353 students
- Henry Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 306 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH MIDDLE0.6 mi · 542
- EARLY CHILDHOOD1.0 mi · 342
- PIERREMONT ELEM.1.1 mi · 474
- WEST HIGH1.2 mi · 1,417
- WEST MIDDLE1.6 mi · 814
- CLAYMONT ELEM.1.7 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About HENRY ELEM.How many students attend HENRY ELEM.?
HENRY ELEM. enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does HENRY ELEM. serve?
HENRY ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HENRY ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HENRY ELEM. is approximately 14.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HENRY ELEM.?
HENRY ELEM. reports a student body of 56% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 26% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees HENRY ELEM.?
HENRY ELEM. is overseen by PARKWAY C-2 in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.