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What's one thing PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 290837000238
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.
201 KNAUST RD, ST PETERS, MO 63376 · (636) 272-2721 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
138 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
MO avg 48.7% . +12.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
642
-127 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.9:1
% White
74%
was 79%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
9%
was 9%
% Asian
5%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.
As a well-populated K-5 school in ST PETERS, Missouri, PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. serves 642 students from grades K through 5, part of FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. sits 104% above that benchmark.
FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,698 students. PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest reads as 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.
Looking at school resources, PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 46.3%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Charles County) logs that median household income runs about $104,692, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Charles County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Boonslick, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 642 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
Other schools in ST PETERS
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- FAIRMOUNT ELEM.Elementary · 971 students
- DR. BERNARD J. DUBRAY MIDDLEMiddle · 869 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 823 students
- WARREN ELEM.Elementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Boonslick0.1 mi · 23
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH MIDDLE0.1 mi · 823
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGH0.8 mi · 1,212
- DARDENNE ELEM.1.4 mi · 445
- EMGE ELEM.1.4 mi · 348
- WARREN ELEM.1.7 mi · 729
Frequently asked questions
About PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.How large is PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.?
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. enrolls approximately 642 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. serve?
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. have?
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.?
At PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM., the student body is approximately 74% White, 5% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. public or private?
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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