POND ELEM.

Set in WILDWOOD, Missouri, POND ELEM. is a moderately sized K-5 school, part of ROCKWOOD R-VI. It teaches 380 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so POND ELEM. sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

ROCKWOOD R-VI runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 19,597 students. POND ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, POND ELEM. shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Asian, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, POND ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 64.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) reports that median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. POND ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

WILDWOOD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around POND ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), POND ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.1%.

POND ELEM. operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 380 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.