OAK BROOK ELEM.

Located at 510 BIG BEND RD, in BALLWIN, Missouri, OAK BROOK ELEM. is an average-sized K-5 school that works with 401 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within PARKWAY C-2. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so OAK BROOK ELEM. sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

PARKWAY C-2 runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 16,759 students. OAK BROOK ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, OAK BROOK ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, OAK BROOK ELEM. logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting OAK BROOK ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, OAK BROOK ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 42.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Louis County shows median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. OAK BROOK ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: SORRENTO SPRINGS ELEM., around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OAK BROOK ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 68% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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