The top reported proficiency rate is 8% in English language arts. The lowest is 2% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Arrowpoint Elem.
Arrowpoint Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Hazelwood School District in north St. Louis County. It sits within the St. Louis city postal boundary and draws from a residential area characterized by modest housing values and rents that fall well below the national benchmark. The school itself is a regular public elementary school, not a charter or magnet, and the data provided did not indicate Title I status.
The student body is overwhelmingly Black, reflecting the surrounding community. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that speaks to the economic context families bring to the school. The enrollment of just under four hundred students is spread fairly evenly across the elementary grades, with a somewhat larger kindergarten and first-grade cohort. The district brief indicates that every Hazelwood elementary school now offers a pre-K program, which Arrowpoint provides, and that a virtual elementary program is available as a district option for families who prefer an online setting.
On state assessments, Arrowpoint’s results in math, English language arts, and science are very low. Across every tested grade and subject, the share of students scoring at the proficient level is in the single digits or just above it. In third-grade math and reading, roughly one in ten students reached proficiency. In fourth grade reading, that figure held at about one in ten, while fourth-grade math fell slightly below that. By fifth grade, the numbers drop further, with very few students scoring proficient in any subject, including science. Compared to other districts across St. Louis County, Arrowpoint’s overall proficiency index lands in the lowest quartile. A parent looking at these figures will want to understand what academic supports are in place and how the school is working to raise achievement. The district’s strategic plan, adopted in 2023, names improving student achievement as its first goal, which aligns with the need evident here.
The building’s discipline data, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism rate, and special education or English learner counts were not available in the data provided. For an elementary school serving a high-poverty population, those factors are often closely tied to academic outcomes, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about its approaches to behavior support, teacher retention, and attendance interventions.
Hazelwood School District operates across a wide area of north St. Louis County, and Arrowpoint is one of many elementary schools feeding into its middle and high schools. The district’s recent strategic plan and its expansion of pre-K into all elementary buildings suggest a district-level effort to standardize early childhood access. The virtual elementary program adds a flexible option, though it is unclear how many Arrowpoint families take advantage of it.
For a family considering Arrowpoint, the most straightforward takeaway is that state test scores are critically low. The school serves a community with significant economic need, and the academic results reflect a situation that calls for strong intervention. A parent would be wise to learn about tutoring, extended learning time, or any specific curriculum initiatives the school uses to close these gaps. Beyond what the state tests measure, the school’s day-to-day environment, its arts and enrichment offerings, and the quality of its early childhood program are not captured here, and a visit or conversation with the principal would fill in those blanks.
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