UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.

UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in FENTON, Missouri, run under ROCKWOOD R-VI, educateing 423 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is one of 30 schools operated by ROCKWOOD R-VI, a district that caters to 19,597 students overall.

On the student-mix side, UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 50.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: STANTON ELEM., around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025.

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