The top reported proficiency rate is 13% in Math. The lowest is 12% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Oak Hill Elem.
Oak Hill Elementary is a regular public school in the St. Louis City district, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is not a charter or magnet school. The school sits in the Morganford neighborhood of St. Louis, an independent city that functions as its own county. St. Louis has a broad, diversified economy anchored by major employers such as Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Federal Reserve Bank, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and several research universities including Washington University and Saint Louis University. Key cultural assets like Forest Park, the Saint Louis Zoo, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Gateway Arch are within the city. The city’s political boundaries have been fixed since its separation from St. Louis County, and its population has shifted over time.
The student body at Oak Hill is small for an elementary school serving pre-K through fifth grade and is notable for its economic composition. Every enrolled student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a reflection of the community the school serves. Racially and ethnically, the school is diverse. A large share of students are Black, with a substantial portion identifying as Hispanic. White students and Asian students each make up smaller but present shares of the population, along with a small number of students of two or more races. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available from the source, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those support programs.
On the Missouri Assessment Program, the state’s standardized test, Oak Hill’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits in the bottom quartile relative to other district elementary schools within St. Louis city. Looking at grade-level results, math proficiency rates among tested students were low in third grade and fourth grade, and notably lower in fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates were also low in third and fourth grades. Fifth-grade ELA and fifth-grade science results were suppressed in the data, meaning the numbers did not meet reporting thresholds for public release. These are clear areas of soft performance, and a family considering the school would want a fuller picture of classroom instruction and any academic interventions or supports in place.
The school covers only the elementary years through grade five, so there is no graduation rate to report, nor do the available data include chronic absenteeism figures. Tested grade counts were small, particularly in fourth grade, meaning a handful of students can shift the reported rates. The available data do not include information on course offerings, staffing ratios, discipline rates, or after-school programs.
Housing in the school’s ZIP code is less expensive than the statewide average for Missouri, and monthly rents are also lower. Estimated mortgage payments for a median-priced home would be below the typical rent, suggesting that for some families buying could be more affordable than renting, though individual circumstances vary widely. The national 30-year mortgage rate at the time of this data was just past six percent. The area’s price-to-income ratio indicates housing is relatively affordable compared to national norms, a factor that may matter to families relocating into the school boundary.
The district itself did not return any parent-relevant strategic changes from recent years in the publicly available research. Oak Hill is one school within a large urban district, and for families new to the area, understanding the district’s school choice policies, transportation options, and feeder patterns for middle school will likely be important. Given the school’s low proficiency rates, a parent may want to visit, talk to the principal about curriculum and intervention strategies, and see how the school’s approach fits their child’s needs.
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