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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
55.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.1pp since 2021
Math
53.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -5.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.6% | 33.7% | 31.5% | 13.0% |
| Math | 26.0% | 27.8% | 26.0% | 20.1% |
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 | 55.3% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 52.3% |
| 2022-23 | 59.3% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 58.4% | 59.5% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.'s state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. this school | 642 | 21.5% | 54.0% |
| GREEN TREE ELEM. LAKE ST LOUIS | 640 | 22.8% | 54.8% |
| DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST. LOUIS | 598 | 21.1% | 57.0% |
| WARREN HILLS ELEM. LIBERTY | 597 | 22.9% | 48.5% |
| CHAPEL LAKES ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 600 | 15.3% | 73.3% |
| 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 PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #230 of 1,002 | #22 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #254 of 1,019 ▲ 35 | #28 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #232 of 1,018 ▼ 45 | #26 of 45 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.4pp | #222 of 943 | #9 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #46 of 1,294 | #12 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #468 of 950 | #30 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #412 of 953 | #31 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #1,019 of 1,165 | #25 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #264 of 684 | #13 of 33 |
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
642
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 642 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 53.4 | 12.0:1 | 21% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 54.6 | 12.4:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 60 | 11.7:1 | 19% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 55.4 | 13.9:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 18% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 914 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 15% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 7% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 40 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (769 to 642); teachers down 10% (55.4 to 50).
About PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM.
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. is a large elementary school in ST PETERS, Missouri. Federal data show 642 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 25 schools with 16,698 students in all.
About 74% of the student body at PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. is White. Smaller groups are 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 84% of St. Charles County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
With 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM., 21% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 19% average for public schools in St. Charles County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM., the prediction is 51.8% and the result is 54.0%.
The county, St. Charles County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $104,692, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 93 public schools and about 59,314 students.
Boonslick is about 0.1 miles from PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 702 (2020-21) to 642 (2024-25). Students per teacher increased from 11.7 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
PROGRESS SOUTH ELEM. has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.