The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 8%.
Original Research by School Decision on Henry Elem.
Henry Elementary, in St. Louis, serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade. It is a regular public school within the St. Louis City school district. The school is located in a neighborhood north of downtown St. Louis, a city with a mix of residential and commercial districts and a diverse economy anchored by major employers like the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and several research universities.
The student body is small for a school serving this grade span. Almost all students are Black, and every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a sign that this school serves a community with a high level of economic need. State testing data from the most recent school year is largely suppressed, a common practice when a tested group is too small to report publicly without risking student identification. Because of this suppression, a full picture of academic performance across grades and subjects is not available from the state assessment. For the results that were reported, the share of students scoring at proficient or above in English language arts was below one in ten in both fourth and fifth grades. A parent seeking a clearer academic picture may want to ask the school directly about internal assessments and classroom progress, since the public testing data offers only a very partial view.
In the context of other districts within St. Louis city, Henry Elementary’s available test results place it among the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. There is no chronic absenteeism data or graduation rate to consider, as the school’s grade band does not extend through high school.
The school community is shaped by its urban setting. St. Louis offers many civic and cultural anchors, including Forest Park, the Saint Louis Zoo, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Missouri Botanical Garden, giving families access to a wide range of city resources. The district itself did not have any parent-relevant changes publicly reported in the recent period covered by the search. Henry Elementary’s location in a dense, older part of the city means it draws from a neighborhood that is fully built out. Housing values in the surrounding area are well below the state average, and the market has seen a decline over the past year, a factor for families considering buying a home nearby.
For a family evaluating this school, the most immediate takeaway is that the available public data is thin, largely because the testing cohort is small. The school serves a student population with near-universal economic disadvantage, and the academic results that are available are low by the measure of state proficiency benchmarks. A family should weigh what they learn from a school visit, teacher interactions, and any local parent networks against the limited picture the data provides. The school may be a good fit for a family that values a small neighborhood school close to downtown St. Louis and is comfortable investigating classroom quality firsthand.
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