1
Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at NORTHVIEW ELEM. this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JENNINGS·NCES 291629000768
NORTHVIEW ELEM.
8920 COZENS, JENNINGS, MO 63136 · (314) 653-8050 · St. Louis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
540 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (64).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
13.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
3.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.8% | 11.1% | 37.6% | 48.3% |
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 | 13.9% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 14.4% | 10.2% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 9.1% |
| 2021-22 | 15.8% | 4.7% |
% 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 NORTHVIEW ELEM.
NORTHVIEW ELEM.'s state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHVIEW ELEM. this school | 540 | 100.0% | 12.6% |
| JURY ELEM. FLORISSANT | 480 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-LOWER KANSAS CITY | 609 | 100.0% | 28.7% |
| OLD NORTH ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 448 | 99.8% | 14.3% |
| GRANNEMANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 438 | 100.0% | 11.6% |
| KIPP VICTORY ACADEMY ST. LOUIS | 433 | 100.0% | 9.0% |
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 NORTHVIEW ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #942 of 1,002 | #116 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #1,011 of 1,019 ▼ 47 | #134 of 138 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #959 of 1,018 ▼ 6 | #123 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #324 of 943 | #32 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #114 of 1,294 | #17 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #934 of 950 | #139 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #913 of 953 | #146 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #97 of 1,165 | #28 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #567 of 684 | #86 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
540
-1 (0%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 540 | 30.3 | 17.8:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 24.3 | 20.7:1 | 100% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 29.3 | 17.9:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 29 | 19.6:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 100% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 77% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 82% (424) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHVIEW ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (569 to 540); teachers up 5% (29 to 30.3).
About NORTHVIEW ELEM.
NORTHVIEW ELEM. is a high-enrollment elementary school with its address in JENNINGS, Missouri. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 540 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
JENNINGS runs NORTHVIEW ELEM. along with 6 other schools, enrolling 2,269 students in total.
At NORTHVIEW ELEM., Black students make up 97% of the student body. By comparison, St. Louis County residents are about 24% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at NORTHVIEW ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Teacher staffing is 30.3 full-time equivalents, or about 17.8 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Missouri, the typical ratio is 12.4:1. About 100% of students, or 540, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Louis County, the average is 43%.
Test results at NORTHVIEW ELEM. are 9.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (12.6% actual, 22.4% predicted).
St. Louis County has these Census figures: median household income is about $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. NORTHVIEW ELEM. is among the 275 public schools in St. Louis County.
The nearest public school is JENNINGS HIGH, at about 0.2 miles. NORTHVIEW ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 53.2% proficiency; NORTHVIEW ELEM. posts 12.6%.
NCES assigns NORTHVIEW ELEM. the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (541) to 2024-25 (540). By 2024-25, the school had 17.8 students per teacher, compared with 20.0 in 2020-21.
The NORTHVIEW ELEM. community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 JENNINGS
- JENNINGS HIGHHigh · 666 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.Middle · 138 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Other schools in JENNINGS
- JENNINGS HIGHHigh · 666 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.Middle · 138 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Other NORTHVIEW Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named NORTHVIEW Elementary. NORTHVIEW ELEM. is the 5th largest of the 12.
- NORTHVIEW ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 656 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolGas City, IN · 673 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolPeru, IL · 594 students
- Northview ElementaryBowie, MD · 587 students
- Northview ElementaryMount Sterling, KY · 503 students
Nearby schools
- JENNINGS HIGH0.2 mi · 666
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH0.3 mi · 310
- EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.0.8 mi · 321
- Westview Middle School1.0 mi · 524
- DANFORTH ELEM.1.0 mi · 274
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.1.0 mi · 138
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHVIEW ELEM.What is the total enrollment at NORTHVIEW ELEM.?
NORTHVIEW ELEM. enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does NORTHVIEW ELEM. serve?
NORTHVIEW ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTHVIEW ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTHVIEW ELEM. is approximately 17.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTHVIEW ELEM.?
At NORTHVIEW ELEM., the student body is approximately 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is NORTHVIEW ELEM. public or private?
NORTHVIEW ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JENNINGS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.