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If you could change one rule at POINT ELEM., what would it be?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEHLVILLE R-IX·NCES 292067001119
POINT ELEM.
6790 TELEGRAPH RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63129 · (314) 467-5900 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
83 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
61.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
67.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +15.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.7% | 32.4% | 29.2% | 9.5% |
| Math | 35.6% | 31.5% | 23.7% | 9.1% |
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 | 61.1% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.3% | 64.7% |
| 2022-23 | 68.8% | 66.4% |
| 2021-22 | 58.6% | 51.3% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 POINT ELEM.
POINT ELEM.'s state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINT ELEM. this school | 413 | 20.1% | 60.1% |
| UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. FENTON | 423 | 17.3% | 56.2% |
| ROGERS ELEM. ST LOUIS | 417 | 15.3% | 63.3% |
| HAGEMANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 427 | 23.7% | 63.7% |
| KELLISON ELEM. FENTON | 347 | 16.1% | 53.1% |
| SAPPINGTON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 504 | 17.9% | 55.5% |
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 POINT ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #139 of 1,002 | #41 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #76 of 1,019 ▲ 16 | #24 of 138 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #139 of 1,018 no change | #45 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.1pp | #127 of 943 | #16 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #346 of 1,294 | #55 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #854 of 950 | #114 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #629 of 953 | #112 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #1,037 of 1,165 | #93 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #466 of 684 | #68 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
413
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 413 | 26.9 | 15.4:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 26.4 | 15.5:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 27.2 | 14.7:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 27.5 | 16.5:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 30 | 17.2:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 14% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 36 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POINT ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (454 to 413); teachers down 2% (27.5 to 26.9).
About POINT ELEM.
POINT ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, under MEHLVILLE R-IX. The school enrolls 413 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
MEHLVILLE R-IX counts 10,095 students in its 19 schools, and POINT ELEM. is one of them.
POINT ELEM.'s enrollment is 87% White. The next largest groups are 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's White share is 25 points above the 62% share among St. Louis County residents. The school's diversity index is 23%, meaning two students picked at random have a 23% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.4:1, with 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Lunch subsidy eligibility at POINT ELEM. is 20%. Across public schools in St. Louis County, the average is 43%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for POINT ELEM. is +7.7 points: 60.1% actual, 52.4% predicted.
In St. Louis County (population about 995,569), the median household income is $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. POINT ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: WOHLWEND ELEM., about 1.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 57.0% on proficiency, and POINT ELEM. is above that at 60.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 407 students in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 MEHLVILLE R-IX
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- OAKVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 629 students
- BERNARD MIDDLEMiddle · 577 students
- MARGARET BUERKLE MIDDLEMiddle · 549 students
- BIERBAUM ELEM.Elementary · 531 students
Other schools in ST LOUIS
- RITENOUR SR. HIGHHigh · 2,041 students
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,847 students
- LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGHHigh · 1,395 students
- MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- WEBSTER GROVES HIGHHigh · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- WOHLWEND ELEM.1.6 mi · 409
- OAKVILLE MIDDLE1.7 mi · 629
- ROGERS ELEM.1.7 mi · 417
- OAKVILLE SR. HIGH2.2 mi · 1,847
- OAKVILLE ELEM.2.6 mi · 375
- FOX ELEM.2.7 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About POINT ELEM.How many students attend POINT ELEM.?
POINT ELEM. enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does POINT ELEM. serve?
POINT ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does POINT ELEM. have?
POINT ELEM. employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at POINT ELEM.?
Student demographics at POINT ELEM. are roughly 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is POINT ELEM. public or private?
POINT ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by MEHLVILLE R-IX.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.