The top reported proficiency rate is 61% in English language arts. The lowest is 51% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on New Haven Elem.
New Haven Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in the small Missouri River town of New Haven, roughly an hour west of St. Louis. The school is the only elementary building in the New Haven School District, which also operates a middle school and a high school within the same community. The town itself sits on a bluff above the river, with a compact downtown strip along Front Street that once served the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Residential neighborhoods mix older homes and newer construction, and the area has seen steady population growth in recent decades. Housing values in the zip code fall near the middle of the state's range, and a substantial share of the school's families—about two in five students—qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Enrollment at New Haven Elementary is small, serving a few hundred students. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small Hispanic population and a trace of multiracial students; no other racial or ethnic groups are represented in the data. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and serves only elementary grades. Because the school stops at sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and because the grade band does not include tested high school years, parents looking for high school metrics will need to look at the district's secondary school instead.
On state assessments, New Haven Elementary's performance places it in the top quartile among Franklin County school districts—a strong showing relative to its immediate neighbors. In math, proficiency rates were reported for third, fourth, and sixth grades, with each grade landing in the range of about half of students scoring proficient or above; the fifth-grade math result was suppressed. In English language arts, only the third-grade result was reported, showing a slightly higher share of students reaching proficiency. Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade ELA results were suppressed, which means the data was withheld, typically because the group size fell below a state threshold. A parent may want to ask the school directly for those ELA results, especially if literacy outcomes are a priority. In science, only fifth graders are tested in Missouri, and that result showed about half of students proficient. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's composite proficiency index sits comfortably above the midpoint of its county peers.
The data does not include information on chronic absenteeism or discipline, and no program offerings—such as gifted, special education, or English learner services—were listed. The school's website was not provided in the data, and a search for district-level changes such as bond referendums or curriculum updates turned up no results. That is a gap; parents moving into the area may wish to contact the district office directly to learn about recent initiatives or upcoming plans.
For a small-town elementary school, New Haven Elementary presents a picture of solid academic performance against its nearby districts, with a student population that is largely homogenous and a moderate level of economic need. The school is embedded in a walkable historic town where civic buildings, the library, and the school itself sit within the same compact fabric rather than on remote campuses. The community's housing market is moderately priced relative to the state, and the town's location along a state highway gives access to larger employment centers in Washington and Hermann. This is a school that fits families who value a small, community-anchored elementary experience and who want to check on literacy results in the upper grades before enrolling.
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