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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001405
WREN HOLLOW ELEM.
655 WREN AVE, BALLWIN, MO 63021 · (314) 415-6850 · St. Louis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
60 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
52.6%
MO avg 44.9% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
57.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.1pp 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 57 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.0% | 27.6% | 35.9% | 11.4% |
| Math | 30.2% | 27.1% | 25.4% | 17.1% |
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 | 52.6% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.1% | 64.1% |
| 2022-23 | 57.4% | 58.2% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 58.4% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 WREN HOLLOW ELEM.
WREN HOLLOW ELEM.'s state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WREN HOLLOW ELEM. this school | 409 | 14.7% | 54.2% |
| POND ELEM. WILDWOOD | 380 | 11.8% | 60.3% |
| REED ELEMENTARY ST LOUIS | 410 | 8.3% | 76.6% |
| OSTMANN ELEM. O'FALLON | 362 | 8.6% | 65.1% |
| EMGE ELEM. O'FALLON | 348 | 11.8% | 68.5% |
| MASON RIDGE ELEM. TOWN & COUNTRY | 405 | 8.1% | 69.8% |
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 WREN HOLLOW ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #225 of 1,002 | #56 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #198 of 1,019 ▼ 88 | #52 of 138 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #286 of 1,018 ▼ 57 | #62 of 138 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #263 of 943 | #22 of 130 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #359 of 1,294 | #59 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #591 of 950 | #58 of 149 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #426 of 953 | #71 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #1,076 of 1,165 | #102 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #210 of 251 | #35 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
409
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 409 | 30.3 | 13.5:1 | 15% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 30.1 | 14.1:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 29.5 | 15.1:1 | 13% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 15% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 27.5 | 14.6:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 18% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 11% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 13% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 34 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WREN HOLLOW ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (401 to 409); teachers up 10% (27.5 to 30.3).
About WREN HOLLOW ELEM.
A medium-sized elementary school in BALLWIN, Missouri, WREN HOLLOW ELEM. is part of PARKWAY C-2. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 409 students. Enrollment is 30% higher than the average for elementary schools in Missouri, which is about 315.
PARKWAY C-2 has 29 schools; together they serve 16,759 students.
At 75%, White students outnumber all other groups at WREN HOLLOW ELEM. combined. The remaining students are 9% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in St. Louis County, the White share is about 62%. By the diversity index, WREN HOLLOW ELEM. comes in at 42%.
A ratio of 13.5:1 comes from the school's 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 15% of students at WREN HOLLOW ELEM. as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 28 points.
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.2% and a predicted 54.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Louis County show that median household income is about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 275 public schools in St. Louis County, with a combined enrollment of about 134,601.
Nearest public school: SOUTHWEST MIDDLE, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around WREN HOLLOW ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.7% on proficiency, and WREN HOLLOW ELEM. is above that at 54.2%.
The NCES locale for WREN HOLLOW ELEM. is Suburb: Large, which covers 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, WREN HOLLOW ELEM. went from 421 students to 409. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 13.5:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 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
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE0.2 mi · 803
- SOUTH HIGH0.5 mi · 1,485
- SORRENTO SPRINGS ELEM.0.6 mi · 288
- HANNA WOODS ELEM.0.7 mi · 360
- OAK BROOK ELEM.1.2 mi · 401
- BALLWIN ELEM.1.5 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About WREN HOLLOW ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WREN HOLLOW ELEM.?
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is WREN HOLLOW ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does WREN HOLLOW ELEM. have?
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is WREN HOLLOW ELEM.?
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. reports a student body of 75% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WREN HOLLOW ELEM.?
WREN HOLLOW ELEM. is overseen by PARKWAY C-2 in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.