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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIRKWOOD R-VII·NCES 291677000928
WESTCHESTER ELEM.
1416 WOODGATE AVE, KIRKWOOD, MO 63122 · (314) 213-6160 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Missouri public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
26 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
64.1%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.5pp since 2021
Math
59.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -12.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 35.8% | 28.3% | 30.7% | 5.1% |
| Math | 35.1% | 24.5% | 25.9% | 14.3% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 73.9% | 66.5% |
| 2021-22 | 67.6% | 71.7% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WESTCHESTER ELEM.
WESTCHESTER ELEM.'s state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTCHESTER ELEM. this school | 572 | 4.5% | 61.0% |
| LONG ELEM. ST LOUIS | 545 | 7.2% | 70.7% |
| W. W. KEYSOR ELEM. KIRKWOOD | 565 | 4.4% | 70.0% |
| GEGGIE ELEM. EUREKA | 622 | 7.4% | 53.2% |
| EUREKA ELEM. EUREKA | 519 | 8.7% | 54.4% |
| NORTH GLENDALE ELEM. KIRKWOOD | 571 | 6.5% | 64.9% |
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 WESTCHESTER ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #128 of 1,002 | #37 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #167 of 1,019 ▲ 2 | #45 of 138 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #101 of 1,018 ▼ 22 | #36 of 138 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.8pp | #126 of 943 | #5 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #88 of 1,294 | #8 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #911 of 950 | #131 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #628 of 953 | #111 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.5% | #1,157 of 1,165 | #147 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.7% | #91 of 251 | #13 of 38 |
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
572
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 572 | 34.4 | 16.6:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 43.3 | 13.7:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 35.3 | 16.6:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 18% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 30 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTCHESTER ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (512 to 572); teachers up 4% (33 to 34.4).
About WESTCHESTER ELEM.
WESTCHESTER ELEM. operates as a large elementary school in KIRKWOOD, Missouri. The school counts 572 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students.
KIRKWOOD R-VII is the district for WESTCHESTER ELEM.. It has 9 schools and 5,982 students.
At WESTCHESTER ELEM., White students make up 87% of the student body. The school is also 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 62%. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTCHESTER ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at WESTCHESTER ELEM. is 5%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Louis County is 43%.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, WESTCHESTER ELEM. receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.2%. WESTCHESTER ELEM. scores 61.0%.
Across St. Louis County, median household income is about $82,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. WESTCHESTER ELEM. is among the 275 public schools in St. Louis County.
The school nearest to WESTCHESTER ELEM. is NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLE, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of WESTCHESTER ELEM., there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WESTCHESTER ELEM. places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 572, 6% above the 539 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.4:1 to 16.6:1.
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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 KIRKWOOD R-VII
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGHHigh · 1,693 students
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 697 students
- NIPHER MIDDLEMiddle · 660 students
- NORTH GLENDALE ELEM.Elementary · 571 students
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.Elementary · 565 students
- GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.Elementary · 463 students
Other schools in KIRKWOOD
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGHHigh · 1,693 students
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 697 students
- NIPHER MIDDLEMiddle · 660 students
- NORTH GLENDALE ELEM.Elementary · 571 students
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.Elementary · 565 students
- GEORGE R. ROBINSON ELEM.Elementary · 463 students
Other WESTCHESTER Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named WESTCHESTER Elementary. WESTCHESTER ELEM. is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- WESTCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 979 students
- Westchester ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 662 students
- Westchester Elementary SchoolDecatur, GA · 174 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH KIRKWOOD MIDDLE0.4 mi · 697
- KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH0.9 mi · 1,693
- W. W. KEYSOR ELEM.1.0 mi · 565
- F. P. TILLMAN ELEM.1.3 mi · 457
- LITZSINGER1.7 mi · 84
- NORTH GLENDALE ELEM.2.1 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About WESTCHESTER ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WESTCHESTER ELEM.?
WESTCHESTER ELEM. enrolls approximately 572 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WESTCHESTER ELEM. serve?
WESTCHESTER ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WESTCHESTER ELEM.?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at WESTCHESTER ELEM..
What is the student diversity at WESTCHESTER ELEM.?
Student demographics at WESTCHESTER ELEM. are roughly 87% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTCHESTER ELEM.?
WESTCHESTER ELEM. is overseen by KIRKWOOD R-VII in St. Louis County.
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