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What's the biggest difference between WOERTHER ELEM. and what you expected?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWOOD R-VI·NCES 292685001629
WOERTHER ELEM.
314 NEW BALLWIN RD, BALLWIN, MO 63021 · (636) 891-6175 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
47 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 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
53%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
62.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
64.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +11.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.9% | 31.4% | 30.5% | 7.0% |
| Math | 26.9% | 37.6% | 22.5% | 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 | 62.3% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.8% | 54.3% |
| 2022-23 | 64.8% | 63.6% |
| 2021-22 | 65.6% | 52.6% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 WOERTHER ELEM.
WOERTHER ELEM.'s state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOERTHER ELEM. this school | 423 | 11.1% | 59.6% |
| PHEASANT POINT ELEM. O'FALLON | 428 | 14.3% | 62.1% |
| CONWAY ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 392 | 5.1% | 82.1% |
| GREEN PINES ELEM. WILDWOOD | 423 | 10.9% | 61.7% |
| PIERREMONT ELEM. MANCHESTER | 474 | 12.7% | 75.5% |
| GLENRIDGE ELEM. CLAYTON | 321 | 9.7% | 74.2% |
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 WOERTHER ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #143 of 1,002 | #42 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #109 of 1,019 ▲ 139 | #30 of 138 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #125 of 1,018 ▼ 9 | #39 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #324 of 943 | #48 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #320 of 1,294 | #49 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #503 of 950 | #47 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #281 of 953 | #40 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,110 of 1,165 | #115 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #468 of 684 | #69 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
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 32.5 | 13.0:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 32.2 | 13.5:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 32.2 | 14.7:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 32.6 | 14.3:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 36 | 18.2:1 | 10% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 34 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOERTHER ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (465 to 423); teachers unchanged (32.6 to 32.5).
About WOERTHER ELEM.
WOERTHER ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school in BALLWIN, Missouri, under ROCKWOOD R-VI. It serves 423 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students.
WOERTHER ELEM. is one school in ROCKWOOD R-VI, a system of 30 schools with 19,597 students.
WOERTHER ELEM. is 65% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 17% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 62% White, within a few points of the school. WOERTHER ELEM.'s diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.0:1, with 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri fairly closely. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 32 points higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WOERTHER ELEM. is +3.9 points: 59.6% actual, 55.7% predicted.
In St. Louis County (population about 995,569), the median household income is $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. WOERTHER ELEM. is one of 275 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is SELVIDGE MIDDLE, about 0.5 miles away. WOERTHER ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 42.9% on proficiency, and WOERTHER ELEM. is above that at 59.6%.
Locale data from NCES put WOERTHER ELEM. in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 423, close to the 429 recorded in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at WOERTHER ELEM., you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 BALLWIN
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 803 students
- SELVIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 583 students
- HENRY ELEM.Elementary · 512 students
- CLAYMONT ELEM.Elementary · 460 students
- BALLWIN ELEM.Elementary · 426 students
Nearby schools
- SELVIDGE MIDDLE0.5 mi · 583
- BALLWIN ELEM.1.0 mi · 426
- OAK BROOK ELEM.1.4 mi · 401
- SORRENTO SPRINGS ELEM.1.4 mi · 288
- WESTRIDGE ELEM.1.6 mi · 397
- WREN HOLLOW ELEM.1.9 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About WOERTHER ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WOERTHER ELEM.?
WOERTHER ELEM. enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does WOERTHER ELEM. serve?
WOERTHER ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WOERTHER ELEM.?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at WOERTHER ELEM..
What is the student diversity at WOERTHER ELEM.?
Student demographics at WOERTHER ELEM. are roughly 65% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is WOERTHER ELEM. in?
WOERTHER ELEM. is part of ROCKWOOD R-VI.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.