Old North Academy, St. Louis MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Old North Academy

Old North Academy is a public charter school in St. Louis serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It is part of the Confluence Academies network. The school enrolls a student body that is overwhelmingly Black, with a very small number of students identifying as Asian, Hispanic, white, or multiracial. Every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a marker of the high level of economic need in the community it serves.

The school’s academic results from Missouri’s statewide MAP assessments show consistent struggle. Across tested grades in math, the share of students reaching proficient or advanced levels rises from the single digits in third grade to about one in five or one in three in seventh and eighth grade. In English language arts, the pattern is similar, with low single-digit and teenage proficiency rates in most grades; eighth-grade results for ELA and science were not reported due to data suppression. Science proficiency in fifth grade is also quite low. A broader measure that averages performance across all tested subjects and grades places Old North Academy in the bottom quarter of schools relative to other districts in St. Louis city. A parent considering this school will want to look into what academic supports and interventions are in place, since the numbers point to a student body that is far from grade-level expectations in core subjects.

Because Old North Academy only serves through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no chronic absenteeism data was available in the provided records. The school’s charter status means it operates independently of the traditional St. Louis Public Schools, with its own governance and enrollment process. That independence can bring flexibility in programming, though the data here does not describe specific programs or course offerings.

The school sits in a part of St. Louis where housing values are dramatically lower than both the Missouri state average and the national average, and those values have been falling recently. That context reflects the economic realities of the neighborhood. St. Louis itself is an independent city with a mixed residential and commercial character. Its economy draws on services, manufacturing, trade, transportation, and aviation, and it hosts major employers such as the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Washington University Medical Center, as well as several research universities. Cultural anchors like Forest Park, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the Gateway Arch are part of the broader city landscape. The city’s political boundaries were fixed after it separated from St. Louis County decades ago, and its population has shifted over time.

The school’s district, Confluence Academies, did not surface any recent changes or initiatives in the searchable public record, so this profile reflects the school as it is without a forward-looking update from the district.

For a family weighing their options, Old North Academy is a small charter elementary and middle school serving a nearly all-Black, high-poverty population in a low-cost part of St. Louis. The academic proficiency levels are among the lowest in the city, and that is the central fact a parent needs to consider. A family whose priority is strong test-score performance will find little here to reassure them. A family looking for a neighborhood school that serves a specific community, or one that is interested in charter school flexibility and willing to investigate what extra supports are offered, may want to learn more directly from the school about its teaching approach, after-school programs, and any steps it is taking to raise achievement.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 10% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 48%

School 8% · District 7% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 18% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 617%

School 17% · District 15% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 26 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 21% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 22% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 312%

School 12% · District 11% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 412%

School 12% · District 9% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 15% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 66%

School 6% · District 13% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 715%

School 15% · District 17% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 16%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolCONFLUENCE ACADEMIES, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.