The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 48% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Beasley Elem.
Beasley Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade within the Mehlville R-IX School District, located in an area of St. Louis with a St. Louis County address. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. The enrollment is moderate for an elementary school serving this grade band. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Black or African American population and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, and Asian. Just over half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is an indicator of household income that places the school in a middle range for economic need; the data does not include counts for students with disabilities or English learners.
The school’s academic results are available from the Missouri Assessment Program for the most recent testing year. In mathematics, the share of students scoring proficient or above was above the midpoint when compared with elementary schools across St. Louis County districts, a comparison set of two dozen districts. The proficiency rate in math was reported for third, fourth, and fifth grades and was broadly consistent across those grade levels. In English language arts, the data for third grade and fifth grade showed similar rates, while the fourth-grade result was not reported in a way that allows a direct read, which may reflect a suppression for small group size or other reasons. In science, which is tested only in fifth grade, the proficiency rate was reported but lower than the school’s own math and ELA rates. Taken together, the overall proficiency index lands above the midpoint of the county’s districts. This is a solid performance relative to the area, though a parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the science result and the gap between subjects.
Because Beasley is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, no college-going data, and no chronic absenteeism rate in the available records. The school’s civil-rights data on discipline and course access was also not available. The district, Mehlville R-IX, underwent no major recent changes in the form of referenda, curriculum shifts, or property-tax changes that were reported in a way that would shape a family’s decision today.
The housing market in the ZIP code and broader county context shows a mix of for-sale and rental costs that moderate relative to national averages. The area’s median home value is below the nationwide benchmark, and monthly mortgage costs are within a typical range for the metro area, while rents run lower than a mortgage would be. The local economy in St. Louis is anchored by a range of major employers, including large hospitals, federal agencies, and three research universities, and the city itself offers a dense set of cultural and civic institutions. The school’s setting within the district places it in a part of St. Louis County that draws families looking for a suburban-style elementary school with a conventional academic path and a student body that is economically mixed.
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