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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at INDEPENDENCE ELEM. this year?
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Enrollment
762
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANCIS HOWELL R-III·NCES 292895002761
INDEPENDENCE ELEM.
4800 MEADOWS PKWY, ST CHARLES, MO 63304 · (636) 851-5900 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
88 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 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
36%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
74.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +9.0pp since 2021
Math
73.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.9% | 29.5% | 20.1% | 5.4% |
| Math | 45.0% | 28.2% | 17.2% | 9.4% |
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 | 74.4% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 67.8% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 62.1% |
| 2021-22 | 65.4% | 68.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 INDEPENDENCE ELEM.
INDEPENDENCE ELEM.'s state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENCE ELEM. this school | 762 | 11.5% | 72.0% |
| JOURNEY ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 595 | 13.3% | 52.9% |
| SHOAL CREEK ELEM. KANSAS CITY | 795 | 7.9% | 68.6% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 53.2% |
| WABASH ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 745 | 9.8% | 47.6% |
| NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 656 | 12.8% | 59.7% |
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 INDEPENDENCE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #32 of 1,002 | #2 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #34 of 1,019 ▲ 33 | #3 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #23 of 1,018 ▲ 4 | #3 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #206 of 943 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #17 of 1,294 | #6 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #781 of 950 | #51 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #489 of 953 | #46 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #1,107 of 1,165 | #45 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #78 of 251 | #2 of 13 |
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
762
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 867
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 762 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 12% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 739 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 52.3 | 14.4:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 10% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 49.4 | 13.6:1 | 8% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 50 | 14.1:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 774 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 10% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 53 | 16.4:1 | 1% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDEPENDENCE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (669 to 762); teachers up 5% (49.4 to 52).
About INDEPENDENCE ELEM.
Located in ST CHARLES, Missouri, INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 762 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 142% more students than the average for elementary schools in Missouri (about 315).
FRANCIS HOWELL R-III runs INDEPENDENCE ELEM. along with 20 other schools, enrolling 17,047 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is White: 79%. Other groups make up 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, INDEPENDENCE ELEM. scores 36%.
For every teacher at INDEPENDENCE ELEM., there are about 14.7 students; the school has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 12%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is among the top 10% of schools in Missouri. Predicted: 55.6%. Actual: 72.0%.
St. Charles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $104,692 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. INDEPENDENCE ELEM. shares St. Charles County with 92 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, EARLY CHILD. FAMILY EDUC. CTR is closest at about 0.2 miles. INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 53.4% proficiency; INDEPENDENCE ELEM. posts 72.0%.
The federal government classifies INDEPENDENCE ELEM.'s location as Rural: Fringe.
A 3% rise took enrollment from 739 in 2020-21 to 762 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at INDEPENDENCE ELEM.. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 INDEPENDENCE Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 15 states are named INDEPENDENCE Elementary. INDEPENDENCE ELEM. is the 3rd largest of the 18.
- INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARYWINTER GARDEN, FL · 889 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolLEWISVILLE, TX · 830 students
- INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARYBIG LAKE, MN · 758 students
- Independence ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 709 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolBolingbrook, IL · 617 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILD. FAMILY EDUC. CTR0.2 mi · 224
- BRYAN MIDDLE0.3 mi · 827
- FRANCIS HOWELL MIDDLE1.0 mi · 799
- FRANCIS HOWELL HIGH2.7 mi · 1,843
- SAEGER MIDDLE2.9 mi · 750
- FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGH3.0 mi · 1,750
Frequently asked questions
About INDEPENDENCE ELEM.How large is INDEPENDENCE ELEM.?
INDEPENDENCE ELEM. enrolls approximately 762 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does INDEPENDENCE ELEM. serve?
INDEPENDENCE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at INDEPENDENCE ELEM.?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at INDEPENDENCE ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at INDEPENDENCE ELEM.?
At INDEPENDENCE ELEM., the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is INDEPENDENCE ELEM. public or private?
INDEPENDENCE 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.