The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in English language arts. The lowest is 69% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Emge Elem.
Emge Elementary is a regular public school in O’Fallon, Missouri, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Fort Zumwalt School District. It is one of many elementary schools in a district that covers most of this large St. Louis suburb, and it operates as a neighborhood school with a relatively small enrollment for its grade band.
On the Missouri Assessment Program, Emge’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint when compared with other school districts in St. Charles County, landing in the top quartile of that group. That is a clear academic strength. Math results are particularly solid: the share of students meeting proficiency is strong in third grade and climbs higher in fourth and fifth grades. English language arts results show more variation. Third graders post a strong proficiency rate, fifth graders a more moderate one, and fourth-grade ELA results were not reported—a parent may want to ask the school why that data is suppressed. Science, tested only in fifth grade, also shows a solid proficiency rate.
The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of low poverty levels at the school. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the information provided.
O’Fallon is an auto-oriented suburb situated along Interstates 64 and 70, with residential subdivisions, strip shopping centers, and business parks rather than a walkable downtown. The housing market is expensive: home values are well above national averages, and rents are high. Major employers such as Mastercard and True Manufacturing have a presence, and the city has an extensive parks system with sports complexes and a baseball stadium. The population has been growing steadily, and Money magazine has ranked it among its best places to live multiple times. The city is served by three school districts, with most of O’Fallon falling within the Fort Zumwalt School District; the district’s recent publicly reported information did not point to any major changes relevant to families.
No data was available on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, staffing ratios, or program offerings such as gifted education or arts specialization. For an elementary school this may be less of a gap, but a parent looking for those details would need to contact the school directly. Because the school serves only early grades, there is no graduation rate or college-readiness data to consider.
Overall, Emge Elementary presents a strong academic profile for a school serving younger students, particularly in mathematics, and sits in an affluent, growing suburban community with a high cost of housing. The student body is not diverse along economic lines, and the school’s racial composition reflects the broader community. A family weighing this school should feel confident in its test performance but may want to follow up on the missing fourth-grade ELA data and any enrichment or support programs the school offers.
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