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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. administration to hear?
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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230000503
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.
3871 JEFFCO BLVD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 464-2010 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
128 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
26%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
56.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +14.0pp since 2021
Math
51.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.2% | 27.7% | 29.2% | 13.6% |
| Math | 26.7% | 24.7% | 31.3% | 17.1% |
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 | 56.9% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 47.3% |
| 2022-23 | 46.6% | 47.5% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% | 50.5% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.'s state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. this school | 386 | 33.2% | 50.2% |
| MATHEWS ELEM. NIXA | 457 | 32.4% | 67.7% |
| LONE DELL ELEM. ARNOLD | 381 | 38.6% | 52.4% |
| ESPY ELEM. NIXA | 371 | 35.8% | 69.6% |
| South Point Elementary Washington | 425 | 34.8% | 44.3% |
| PECULIAR ELEM. PECULIAR | 402 | 29.6% | 41.9% |
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 ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #307 of 1,002 | #17 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #305 of 1,019 ▲ 83 | #16 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #199 of 1,018 ▲ 183 | #9 of 27 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #186 of 943 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #439 of 1,294 | #19 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #320 of 950 | #14 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #589 of 953 | #7 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #905 of 1,165 | #28 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #154 of 684 | #6 of 25 |
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
386
-74 (-16%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 386 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 33% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 32.2 | 12.2:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 33.4 | 12.0:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 30% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 32% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 32% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 23% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 35 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (496 to 386); teachers down 11% (36 to 32).
About ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. is a public mid-sized elementary school in ARNOLD, Missouri. It reported 386 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 23% bigger than average.
FOX C-6 enrolls 10,258 students, and its 18 schools include ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM..
White students are 85% of those enrolled at ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is in line with Jefferson County, where about 89% of residents are White. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. are from different groups.
Based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. has a ratio of 12.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Income data for the school show 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.5% at ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.2%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $82,851 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 69 public schools serve about 36,216 students.
About 1.7 miles separate ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. from the closest public school, RAYMOND NANCY HODGE ELEM.. The five-mile area around ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 50.2% against a local average of 45.1%.
For locale, NCES codes ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 386, down from 460 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.5:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- LONE DELL ELEM.Elementary · 381 students
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- RAYMOND NANCY HODGE ELEM.1.7 mi · 333
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.1.8 mi · 410
- SHERWOOD ELEM.2.5 mi · 347
- ROGERS ELEM.2.5 mi · 417
- LONE DELL ELEM.2.6 mi · 381
- SECKMAN SR. HIGH2.6 mi · 1,737
Frequently asked questions
About ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.How large is ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.?
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. serve?
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. is approximately 12.1:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.?
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. reports a student body of 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. public or private?
ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FOX C-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.