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Which teacher or staff member at Orchard Farm Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD FARM R-V·NCES 292316001329
Orchard Farm Elementary
2135 Hwy V, St. Charles, MO 63301 · (636) 757-8700 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
117 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 110 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (110).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Orchard Farm Elementary→Orchard Farm Middle School→Orchard Farm Junior High Schl→Orchard Farm High School
Based on grade levels within ORCHARD FARM R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.9pp since 2021
Math
61.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.2% | 28.3% | 32.4% | 15.9% |
| Math | 30.7% | 31.1% | 17.4% | 20.6% |
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 | 51.5% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 60.7% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 64.7% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 62.1% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Orchard Farm Elementary
Orchard Farm Elementary's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Farm Elementary this school | 557 | 21.0% | 58.0% |
| COMPASS ELEMENTARY Platte City | 527 | 22.0% | 53.3% |
| LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. LIBERTY | 517 | 20.1% | 62.4% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 599 | 16.4% | 54.1% |
| VOY SPEARS JR. ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 546 | 13.7% | 78.4% |
| CEDAR CREEK ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 487 | 16.4% | 56.4% |
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 Orchard Farm Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #163 of 1,002 | #16 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #139 of 1,019 ▲ 5 | #11 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #315 of 1,018 ▼ 148 | #35 of 45 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.1pp | #202 of 943 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #97 of 1,294 | #20 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #445 of 950 | #28 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #364 of 953 | #22 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #1,024 of 1,165 | #27 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #163 of 251 | #9 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
557
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 636
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 557 | 43.8 | 12.7:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 46.6 | 14.1:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 41.1 | 15.0:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 35% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 37.2 | 14.2:1 | 29% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 33% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 35% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Farm Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (528 to 557); teachers up 18% (37.2 to 43.8).
About Orchard Farm Elementary
A large elementary school in St. Charles, Missouri, Orchard Farm Elementary is part of ORCHARD FARM R-V. School enrollment was 557 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 4. For comparison, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students.
ORCHARD FARM R-V (5 schools, 2,241 students) runs Orchard Farm Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Orchard Farm Elementary is 71% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of St. Charles County's population at about 84%. Orchard Farm Elementary has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 43.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Missouri have a similar average ratio of 12.4:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 21%. That is close to the 19% average for public schools in St. Charles County.
A school with Orchard Farm Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 52.0%. Orchard Farm Elementary scores 58.0%, 6.0 points above that line.
St. Charles County has these Census figures: median household income is about $104,692, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of St. Charles County number 93 and enroll about 59,314.
Nearest public school: Orchard Farm Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Orchard Farm Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Orchard Farm Elementary ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 58.0% versus a 41.7% average.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Orchard Farm Elementary went from 524 students to 557. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 12.7:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 ORCHARD FARM R-V
- Orchard Farm High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Orchard Farm Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 230 students
- Orchard Farm Junior High SchlMiddle
Other schools in St. Charles
- Orchard Farm High SchoolHigh · 698 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 230 students
- BLACKHURST ELEMENTARYElementary · 227 students
- Orchard Farm Junior High SchlMiddle
Nearby schools
- Orchard Farm Middle School0.1 mi · 362
- Orchard Farm High School4.2 mi · 698
- Early Learning Center5.1 mi · 230
- Il Youth Center - Pere Marquette5.1 mi · 12
- Discovery Elementary5.8 mi · 394
- Grafton Elementary School6.1 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Farm ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Farm Elementary?
Orchard Farm Elementary enrolls approximately 557 students in grades KG-04.
Is Orchard Farm Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orchard Farm Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Orchard Farm Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Orchard Farm Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Orchard Farm Elementary?
Orchard Farm Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Orchard Farm Elementary public or private?
Orchard Farm Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORCHARD FARM R-V.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.