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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001399
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.
15399 APPALACHIAN TRAIL, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017 · (314) 415-6750 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
32 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
61.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -11.1pp since 2021
Math
63.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -9.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.1% | 28.2% | 30.7% | 7.8% |
| Math | 45.8% | 17.5% | 22.9% | 13.6% |
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 | 61.3% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 62.6% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 71.5% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 72.6% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.'s state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. this school | 387 | 8.3% | 60.6% |
| PIERREMONT ELEM. MANCHESTER | 474 | 12.7% | 75.5% |
| OLD BONHOMME ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 379 | 11.6% | 72.3% |
| EARLY CHILDHOOD CHESTERFIELD | 342 | 0.9% | N/A |
| PHEASANT POINT ELEM. O'FALLON | 428 | 14.3% | 62.1% |
| SPOEDE ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 376 | 13.8% | 69.5% |
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 SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #133 of 1,002 | #39 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #121 of 1,019 ▲ 4 | #35 of 138 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #137 of 1,018 ▼ 24 | #43 of 138 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.2pp | #64 of 943 | #3 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #436 of 1,294 | #73 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #558 of 950 | #53 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #152 of 953 | #27 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #1,132 of 1,165 | #128 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #261 of 684 | #34 of 103 |
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
387
-84 (-18%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 387 | 29 | 13.3:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 29.6 | 14.6:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 29.3 | 15.8:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 14% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (464 to 387); teachers down 1% (29.3 to 29).
About SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.
A mid-sized elementary school in CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. is part of PARKWAY C-2. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 387 students. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. belongs to PARKWAY C-2, a district of 29 schools and 16,759 students.
About 57% of the student body at SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. is White. Smaller groups are 21% Asian, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Its ratio of 13.3:1 is based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in St. Louis County report 43%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. would be expected to post about 56.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.6%.
In the wider St. Louis County area, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. shares St. Louis County with 274 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HIGHCROFT RIDGE ELEM., is about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 18%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.2 to 13.3 over 4 years.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- MARQUETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 2,095 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED.Elementary · 646 students
- KEHRS MILL ELEM.Elementary · 555 students
Other SHENANDOAH VALLEY Elementary schools
One other US public school is named SHENANDOAH VALLEY Elementary. SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Shenandoah Valley Elementary SchoolShenandoah, PA · 726 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHCROFT RIDGE ELEM.1.0 mi · 369
- GREEN TRAILS ELEM.1.1 mi · 345
- CENTRAL HIGH1.9 mi · 1,281
- CENTRAL MIDDLE2.0 mi · 881
- WEST HIGH2.3 mi · 1,417
- WEST MIDDLE2.3 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.How large is SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.?
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. serve?
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM..
What is the student diversity at SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.?
Student demographics at SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. are roughly 57% White, 4% Hispanic, 9% Black, 21% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. in?
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM. is part of PARKWAY C-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.