The top 20 elementary schools in St. Louis for math
The new Post-Dispatch public school guide makes it easier to compare schools on a variety of issues, including test scores. These are the 20 local elementary schools with the highest rate of proficiency on statewide tests on math in the 2015-16 test. Statewide, the rate for proficiency in math is 48.6 percent. See our school guide to see how all the schools rate and compare teacher pay in our salary database.
Rockwood R-VI School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.1
No. of students: 466
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $60,840
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Ladue School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.2
No. of students: 421
Student-teacher ratio: 13:1
Average teacher salary: $57,280
Festus  R-VI  School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.3
No. of students: 967
Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Average teacher salary: $53,034
Kirkwood R-VII Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.4
No. of students: 521
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $68,158
Keysor Elementary School students and parents gather during a dedication of the school's playground in 2013. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Rockwood R-VI Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.5
No. of students: 515
Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Average teacher salary: $57,593
Francis Howell R-III Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.5
No. of students: 725
Student-teacher ratio: 14:1
Average teacher salary: $65,817
Rockwood R-VI Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 80.6
No. of students: 482
Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Average teacher salary: $58,873
Second graders fill the cafeteria at Fairway Elementary beside a new bistro-themed mural painted by Jeff Wissman of the Rockwood School District on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Fox C-6 Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 81.0
No. of students: 582
Student-teacher ratio: 14:1
Average teacher salary: $57,339
Clayton School District
Percent proficient in math: 81.0
No. of students: 357
Student-teacher ratio: 12:1
Average teacher salary: $74,745
Lindbergh School District
Percent proficient in math: 81.4
No. of students: 733
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $55,422
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Lindbergh School District
Percent proficient in math: 82.1
No. of students: 452
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $58,405
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Kirkwood R-VII School District
Percent proficient in math: 82.4
No. of students: 485
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $64,780
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Francis Howell R-III School District
Percent proficient in math: 83.3
No. of students: 359
Student-teacher ratio: 13:1
Average teacher salary: $62,730
Francis Howell R-III School District
Percent proficient in math: 83.9
No. of students: 706
Student-teacher ratio: 14:1
Average teacher salary: $62,059
Brentwood  School District
Percent proficient in math: 87.5
No. of students: 194
Student-teacher ratio: 11:1
Average teacher salary: $56,988
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Photo: Lisa Magee (left) leads a group of children across Dorothy Avenue in Brentwood as they walk to Mark Twain Elementary School on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Jennings School District
Percent proficient in math: 87.5
No. of students: 260
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $61,469
Photo: HopeBuild Garden manager Cortney Strayhorn assists first-grader Unique Cotton, with watering a tomato plant in the community pizza garden at Fairview Primary School in Jennings in 2012. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis  School District
Percent proficient in math: 88.2
No. of students: 255
Student-teacher ratio: 13:1
Average teacher salary: $45,561
Photo: From left: Gia Doshi, Jonathan Binder and Olivia Finley, third graders at Mallinckrodt Academy of Gifted Instruction Elementary School, pose with cabbage in the school's garden classroom. Photo by Dan Neman
Rockwood R-VI Â School District
Percent proficient in math: 90.1
No. of students: 401
Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Average teacher salary: $63,476
Parkway C2 School District
Math score: 90.2
No. of students: 541
Student-teacher ratio: 15:1
Average teacher salary: $58,819
Photo: Ian Hindrichs, (seated left) a 5th grader at McKelvey Elementary School, solicits hand slaps from whomever among passersby will give one on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, before school begins. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis School District
Percent proficient in math: 90.6
No. of students: 326
Student-teacher ratio: 16:1
Average teacher salary: $48,589
Photo: Nora Sweeney (left), 9, Natalia Davis, 9, and Claudia Breuer, 9, work as partners to identify flower parts in teacher Kim Rois' science lab for third graders at Kennard Classical Junior Academy on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
