1
What do students at UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWOOD R-VI·NCES 292685002637
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.
1600 UTHOFF DR, FENTON, MO 63026 · (636) 891-6725 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
73 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
53.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.6pp since 2021
Math
63.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 53 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.6% | 26.6% | 39.9% | 6.8% |
| Math | 35.3% | 27.9% | 23.8% | 12.8% |
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 | 53.2% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 58.5% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 63.3% |
| 2021-22 | 62.8% | 60.8% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.'s state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. this school | 423 | 17.3% | 56.2% |
| POINT ELEM. ST LOUIS | 413 | 20.1% | 60.1% |
| ROGERS ELEM. ST LOUIS | 417 | 15.3% | 63.3% |
| SAPPINGTON ELEM. ST LOUIS | 504 | 17.9% | 55.5% |
| MID RIVERS ELEM. ST PETERS | 444 | 15.3% | 53.8% |
| FLINT HILL ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 343 | 15.2% | 54.8% |
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 UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #191 of 1,002 | #49 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #123 of 1,019 ▲ 58 | #36 of 138 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #278 of 1,018 ▲ 11 | #61 of 138 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #249 of 943 | #20 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #322 of 1,294 | #51 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #654 of 950 | #67 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.4% | #550 of 953 | #96 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #1,055 of 1,165 | #99 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #262 of 684 | #35 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
423
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 423 | 30.7 | 13.8:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 30.8 | 13.8:1 | 18% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 32.2 | 13.4:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 35.5 | 14.3:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 13% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (507 to 423); teachers down 13% (35.5 to 30.7).
About UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is an elementary school in FENTON, Missouri, and it is part of ROCKWOOD R-VI. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 423 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Missouri is roughly 315 students; this school is 34% bigger than that.
The district for UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is ROCKWOOD R-VI, with 30 schools and 19,597 students.
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.'s enrollment is 83% White. It is also 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of St. Louis County is roughly 62% White. UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.'s diversity index is 30%, against a US figure of 70%.
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 17%. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.4%. UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. scores 56.2%.
Federal survey data for St. Louis County show that the median household income is $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 275 public schools in St. Louis County, enrolling about 134,601 students in all.
The closest other public school is STANTON ELEM., about 1.4 miles away. UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 56.2% against a local average of 50.1%.
NCES describes the area around UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. climbed 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 410 to 423 students.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 ROCKWOOD R-VI
- MARQUETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 2,095 students
- LAFAYETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,669 students
- EUREKA SR. HIGHHigh · 1,586 students
- ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,194 students
- CRESTVIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 1,091 students
- LASALLE SPRINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 927 students
Other schools in FENTON
- ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,194 students
- ROCKWOOD SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 817 students
- GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM.Elementary · 523 students
- KELLISON ELEM.Elementary · 347 students
- STANTON ELEM.Elementary · 303 students
- BOWLES ELEM.Elementary · 266 students
Nearby schools
- STANTON ELEM.1.4 mi · 303
- BOWLES ELEM.1.7 mi · 266
- ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH2.0 mi · 1,194
- VALLEY PARK MIDDLE2.0 mi · 161
- VALLEY PARK ELEM.2.0 mi · 343
- VALLEY PARK SR. HIGH2.0 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.How large is UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.?
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
Is UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM..
How diverse is UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.?
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. reports a student body of 83% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM.?
UTHOFF VALLEY ELEM. is overseen by ROCKWOOD R-VI in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.