Summary:
Elementary Schools in ZIP code 61610 include one school, LaSalle Elementary School, which serves prekindergarten through grade 4 and enrolls 262 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 38% in English language arts (ELA) and 35% in math, compared with state rates of 56% and 40%. The most important finding is that ELA is much farther below the state rate, while math is comparatively close.
With only one school listed, LaSalle is both the top and bottom school in this ZIP code’s results; there is no other school for a meaningful comparison. Within LaSalle, third-grade math was the strongest reported grade-and-subject result at 39%, while fourth-grade math was lowest at 31%, an 8-point difference. ELA results were closer across the grades: 38.2% in grade 3 and 37.5% in grade 4. Both grades were below their state counterparts; notably, grade 4 ELA was 18 points below the state rate.
Results moved in different directions by subject: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA fell from 41% to 38%, while math rose from 27% to 35%. The ELA gap with the state widened from 12 to 18 points, while the math gap narrowed from 11 to 4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 37th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 32nd in 2024–2025 and the 21st percentile with one star in 2025–2026. As context, 79% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio that year was 11.9. Chronic absenteeism was 29% in 2025–2026, compared with 30% in Creve Coeur School District 76 and 24% statewide; these figures describe the school’s context, not the cause of its results.
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