WILLOW BROOK ELEM.

WILLOW BROOK ELEM. is a reasonably sized primary school in CREVE COEUR, Missouri, one of the schools within PATTONVILLE R-III. The school caters to 459 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 10 schools in PATTONVILLE R-III (6,201 students total), WILLOW BROOK ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, WILLOW BROOK ELEM. records that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 26% White, 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at WILLOW BROOK ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, WILLOW BROOK ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) reports that median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), WILLOW BROOK ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

SPOEDE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLOW BROOK ELEM. at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.4%.

WILLOW BROOK ELEM. operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLOW BROOK ELEM. has shrank 5%, going from 485 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 32% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.