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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 290837002783
WESTHOFF ELEM.
900 HOMEFIELD BLVD, O'FALLON, MO 63366 · (636) 272-6710 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
90 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
51.6%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.2pp since 2021
Math
50.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 23.9% | 30.7% | 17.6% |
| Math | 19.4% | 30.7% | 29.2% | 20.5% |
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 | 51.6% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 53.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 52.2% |
| 2021-22 | 48.4% | 48.4% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 WESTHOFF ELEM.
WESTHOFF ELEM.'s state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTHOFF ELEM. this school | 534 | 16.9% | 50.7% |
| RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM. COLUMBIA | 500 | 17.4% | 61.8% |
| JOURNEY ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 595 | 13.3% | 52.9% |
| MID RIVERS ELEM. ST PETERS | 444 | 15.3% | 53.8% |
| MOUNT HOPE ELEM. O'FALLON | 444 | 15.5% | 52.3% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 599 | 16.4% | 54.1% |
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 WESTHOFF ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #297 of 1,002 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #332 of 1,019 ▼ 59 | #32 of 45 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #311 of 1,018 ▼ 64 | #34 of 45 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #410 of 943 | #20 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #120 of 1,294 | #23 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #604 of 950 | #43 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #483 of 953 | #44 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #1,058 of 1,165 | #30 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #596 of 684 | #30 of 33 |
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
534
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 534 | 39.3 | 13.6:1 | 17% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 45.8 | 11.6:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 44.2 | 12.3:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 42.5 | 13.1:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 25% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 22% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTHOFF ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (555 to 534); teachers down 7% (42.5 to 39.3).
About WESTHOFF ELEM.
Students in O'FALLON, Missouri, attend WESTHOFF ELEM., a large elementary school. Enrolled students number 534 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students each.
WESTHOFF ELEM. is one school in a 25-school district, FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 16,698 students.
Roughly 79% of students at WESTHOFF ELEM. are White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. WESTHOFF ELEM.'s diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at WESTHOFF ELEM. is 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.6:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 17%. For comparison, public schools in St. Charles County average 19%.
The model predicts 53.6% for a school in Missouri with WESTHOFF ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch share. WESTHOFF ELEM. posts 50.7%.
Within St. Charles County, the median household income is $104,692, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides WESTHOFF ELEM., St. Charles County has 92 other public schools.
The closest public school to WESTHOFF ELEM. is FOREST PARK ELEM., about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WESTHOFF ELEM. is behind the 58.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
In the federal locale system, WESTHOFF ELEM. is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 534, starting from 530.
Discussions about WESTHOFF ELEM. may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,212 students
- FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGHHigh · 1,171 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
Other schools in O'FALLON
- FT. ZUMWALT WEST HIGHHigh · 1,643 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,538 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLEMiddle · 1,243 students
- FT. ZUWMALT WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,114 students
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,019 students
- PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.Elementary · 696 students
Other WESTHOFF Elementary schools
One other US public school is named WESTHOFF Elementary. WESTHOFF ELEM. is the largest of the 2.
- Westhoff Elementary SchoolWESTHOFF, TX · 85 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST PARK ELEM.0.8 mi · 436
- JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM.0.9 mi · 412
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH HIGH1.1 mi · 1,538
- FT. ZUMWALT NORTH MIDDLE1.7 mi · 1,019
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER2.2 mi · 307
- MOUNT HOPE ELEM.2.7 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About WESTHOFF ELEM.How large is WESTHOFF ELEM.?
WESTHOFF ELEM. enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WESTHOFF ELEM. serve?
WESTHOFF ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTHOFF ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTHOFF ELEM. is approximately 13.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WESTHOFF ELEM.?
WESTHOFF ELEM. reports a student body of 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTHOFF ELEM.?
WESTHOFF ELEM. is overseen by FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.