Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230001019
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.
3585 VOGEL RD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 282-1480 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
101 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
49.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
53.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 50 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 up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.2% | 24.7% | 34.4% | 15.5% |
| Math | 25.8% | 27.9% | 29.0% | 17.2% |
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 | 49.9% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 60.6% |
| 2022-23 | 55.3% | 49.8% |
| 2021-22 | 52.5% | 45.1% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 →
Schools most like RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.'s state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. this school | 410 | 24.6% | 52.0% |
| ANTONIA ELEM. IMPERIAL | 452 | 23.5% | 60.4% |
| MID-BUCHANAN ELEM. FAUCETT | 476 | 23.7% | 52.8% |
| LINCOLN ELEM. TROY | 391 | 26.9% | 59.5% |
| BRIDLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY RAYMORE | 383 | 22.2% | 44.6% |
| EUGENE ELEM. EUGENE | 365 | 26.0% | 45.4% |
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 RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #268 of 1,002 | #12 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #258 of 1,019 ▼ 109 | #14 of 27 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #344 of 1,018 ▼ 29 | #12 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #376 of 943 | #20 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #355 of 1,294 | #17 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #67 of 950 | #2 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #699 of 953 | #19 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.6% | #990 of 1,165 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #120 of 251 | #4 of 6 |
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
410
+60 (+17%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 410 | 39.9 | 10.3:1 | 25% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 37.6 | 10.1:1 | 29% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 34.5 | 10.8:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 27% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 29.7 | 12.7:1 | 35% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 42% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 30% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 22% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (376 to 410); teachers up 34% (29.7 to 39.9).
About RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school in Missouri, located in ARNOLD. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 410 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. is run by FOX C-6, whose 18 schools enroll 10,258 students.
Roughly 90% of students at RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial. Jefferson County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Its staff includes 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 12.4:1. RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 25%. That is 13 points below the 38% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. is 1.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.0% versus 50.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
In Jefferson County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $82,851 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM., Jefferson County has 69 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. is closest to LONE DELL ELEM., about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. had a net gain of 60 students, or 17%.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
Other schools in ARNOLD
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- LONE DELL ELEM.Elementary · 381 students
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- LONE DELL ELEM.1.2 mi · 381
- RAYMOND NANCY HODGE ELEM.1.5 mi · 333
- SECKMAN SR. HIGH1.5 mi · 1,737
- SECKMAN ELEM.1.5 mi · 428
- SECKMAN MIDDLE1.6 mi · 687
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.1.8 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.What is the total enrollment at RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.?
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. enrolls approximately 410 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. serve?
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM..
How diverse is RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.?
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. reports a student body of 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. public or private?
RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FOX C-6.
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