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TRAUTWEIN ELEM.

5011 AMBS RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63128 · (314) 467-6400 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Missouri public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools

Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
158 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6217%
Grade 16317%
Grade 26016%
Grade 36618%
Grade 45415%
Grade 56417%

This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).

Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 52% · US 70%
White
25168%
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 67% · US 43%
Hispanic
216%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
6217%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 15% · US 15%
Asian
103%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
247%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
18049%
Female
18951%

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Test scores

MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
44.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.2pp since 2021
Math
39.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +23.9pp since 2021

What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 24 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectAdvancedProficientBasicBelow Basic
English Language Arts20.9%23.8%34.8%20.3%
Math16.8%22.6%29.0%31.3%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.7%39.4%
2023-2448.0%30.2%
2022-2339.5%19.1%
2021-2238.5%15.5%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 TRAUTWEIN ELEM.

TRAUTWEIN ELEM.'s state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
TRAUTWEIN ELEM. this school36942.8%40.5%
LINE CREEK ELEM.
KANSAS CITY
32143.6%33.9%
STERLING ELEM.
WARRENSBURG
39939.1%39.6%
GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS
St. Louis
37748.8%52.9%
FRANKLIN SMITH ELEM.
BLUE SPRINGS
40141.6%61.4%
CEDAR HILL ELEM.
JEFFERSON CITY
31349.5%38.9%
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 TRAUTWEIN ELEM. ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MissouriIn St. Louis County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.5%#518 of 1,002#78 of 133
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
39.4%#573 of 1,019
▲ 176
#79 of 138
▲ 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.7%#477 of 1,018
▼ 101
#80 of 138
▼ 8
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+15.1pp#39 of 943#4 of 130
Enrollment
ranked largest first
369#479 of 1,294#88 of 165
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.8:1#461 of 950#39 of 149
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
50.1%#329 of 953#47 of 151
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.8%#770 of 1,165#68 of 154
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.0%#319 of 684#44 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 2024-25
Enrollment
369
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2536928.912.8:143% (158)
2023-2437027.413.5:140% (148)
2022-2335928.112.8:142% (152)
2020-213822714.2:142% (162)
2017-1842928.914.8:140% (173)
2015-164863115.7:130% (148)
2010-115782919.9:125% (143)
2000-016023218.8:119% (112)
1990-919374321.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TRAUTWEIN ELEM..

Since 2017-18: students down 14% (429 to 369); teachers unchanged (28.9 to 28.9).

About TRAUTWEIN ELEM.

TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school located in ST LOUIS, Missouri. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 369 students enrolled.

TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is part of MEHLVILLE R-IX, where 19 schools serve 10,095 students.

At TRAUTWEIN ELEM., 68% of students are White. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, TRAUTWEIN ELEM. scores 50%.

The school had 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. It is about the same as the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 43%. Public schools in St. Louis County average a similar 43%.

Among Missouri public elementary schools, TRAUTWEIN ELEM. outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is 3.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.5% versus 43.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.

In the surrounding county, St. Louis County, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. St. Louis County has 275 public schools with about 134,601 students, including TRAUTWEIN ELEM..

About 0.2 miles separate TRAUTWEIN ELEM. from the closest public school, WASHINGTON MIDDLE. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 369, down from 382 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.

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St. Louis County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
TRAUTWEIN ELEM.
District
MEHLVILLE R-IX
Address
5011 AMBS RD, ST LOUIS, MO 63128
Phone
(314) 467-6400
County
St. Louis County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
369
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
12.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
158 (43%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
292067001121
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About TRAUTWEIN ELEM.
What is the total enrollment at TRAUTWEIN ELEM.?
TRAUTWEIN ELEM. enrolls approximately 369 students in grades KG-05.
Is TRAUTWEIN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does TRAUTWEIN ELEM. have?
TRAUTWEIN ELEM. employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at TRAUTWEIN ELEM.?
Student demographics at TRAUTWEIN ELEM. are roughly 68% White, 6% Hispanic, 17% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is TRAUTWEIN ELEM. public or private?
TRAUTWEIN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by MEHLVILLE R-IX.
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