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Blackhurst Elementary

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Blackhurst Elementary ranks 122 nd of 900 Missouri elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

122^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools

Better than 86% of Missouri elementary schools

Summary

Blackhurst Elementary is a public elementary school located in Saint Charles, Missouri, serving grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 234 students. It is part of the St. Charles R-VI school district, which is ranked 44 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Blackhurst Elementary has consistently outperformed the state and district averages in both Math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates over the past few years. In the 2024-2025 school year, Blackhurst's 3rd-grade Math proficiency rate was 62.2%, compared to 56.4% for the district and 41.4% for the state. Similarly, its 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 67.3%, compared to 53.4% for the district and 41.8% for the state. Blackhurst's performance is particularly strong in ELA, with its 4th-grade ELA proficiency rate reaching 49.1% in 2021-2022, compared to 56.7% for the district and 44.3% for the state.

While Blackhurst has a higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 47.01% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's performance for its low-income students is still strong, ranking 247 out of 907 Missouri elementary schools in the 2018-2019 school year, with a 4-star rating. Blackhurst also has a strong performance for its White student population, ranking 53 out of 917 Missouri elementary schools in the 2018-2019 school year, with a 5-star rating. However, the school's high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 18.0% to 22.3% over the past few years, may be a contributing factor to its academic performance and an area for the school to focus on improving.

227

Students ?

8.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,718

Per pupil spending ?

57.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2000 Elm Street
Saint Charles, MO 63301-1750

(636) 443-4500

District: St. Charles R-VI

Students who attend Blackhurst Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hardin Middle
	Jefferson Intermediate School
High:	St. Charles High

Racial breakdown:

White:

59.0%

Hispanic:

20.7%

African American:

15.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 43rd percentile in 2015 → 86th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Missouri average (61% vs 42% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 14% of Missouri elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 43 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school61%

District avg55%

Missouri avg42%

122^nd of 900

Missouri public elementary schools ?

Top 14%▲ up 44 pts since 2015

From bottom 43% (2015) to top 14% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Elementary Schools in the St. Charles R-VI

44^th of 367St. Charles R-VI among Missouri districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	84.4	122 of 900	86.4%	★★★★☆
2024	61.3	336 of 906	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.4	565 of 898	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	64.5	312 of 908	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.3	313 of 901	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	79.6	156 of 1052	85.2%	★★★★☆
2018	72.4	255 of 1045	75.6%	★★★★☆
2017	68.3	318 of 1032	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	51.6	453 of 865	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	46.7	608 of 1058	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	26.9	888 of 1089	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	62.7	110 of 302	63.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	63.2	247 of 907	72.8%	★★★★☆
2018	67.1	214 of 887	75.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2019	88.9	53 of 917	94.2%	★★★★★
2018	83.3	107 of 898	88.1%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2019)94th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)73rd percentile-12 vs school

Disabled (2019)64th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts67%+26 vs state

Mathematics58%+15 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

The faculty and staff are great, and I believe they are working to make every student as successful as possible. It is our understanding that when Blackhurst re-opened a few years ago, many of the teachers and administrators in the building had other options in the district, but chose to teach there. My sense from meeting the teachers, participating in classroom activities as a room parent, and attending the various student and family events over the course of a year, is that very few of them are phoning it in. I think if you are looking at test scores, and you see poor performance, it has more to do with this school having a higher (but not overwhelming) transient and low income population than the other schools in St. Charles. I have no data to back this up, but wouldn't be surprised if you looked at the data more granularly and found many of these kids outperforming their income peers in other schools. It is also a very diverse school, ethnically and economically, which probably benefits all the students, since this school looks more like the country we live in than most. Any kid with parental support and family values that stress learning will do well here. The biggest surprise is the variety of clubs and activities - gardening, running, newspaper, radio, lego, art, science, etc. The school (and possibly entire district?) has also taken a "7 habits" approach to classroom instruction, and made it a pretty core part of their mission. All in all, good stuff, and recommended. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)			MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Blackhurst Elementary	Public	K-4	2000 Elm Street	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4500	227	28	8.0	57.3%	134 (59.0%)	34 (15.0%)	47 (20.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (4.0%)	84.4	122^nd of 900 public elementary schools	86.4%		61.3	336^th of 906 public elementary schools	62.9%	214	62.2	52.5			67.3			$19,718	$470	$19,248
Coverdell Elementary	Public	K-4	2475 W Randolph St	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4600	291	31	9.3	41.2%	212 (72.9%)	38 (13.1%)	23 (7.9%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	68.3	271^st of 900 public elementary schools	69.9%		68.1	271^st of 906 public elementary schools	70.1%		57.6	44.8			55.7	46.4		$18,999	$862	$18,137
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-4	625 S 6th St	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4650	160	18	8.6	42.5%	114 (71.3%)	22 (13.8%)	11 (6.9%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.9%)	98.9	3^rd of 900 public elementary schools	99.7%		98.6	5^th of 906 public elementary schools	99.4%	2	90.8	82.8			83.8	90.1		$22,737	$02	$22,735
George M. Null Elementary	Public	K-4	435 Yale Blvd	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4900	233	28	8.4	42.1%	147 (63.1%)	54 (23.2%)	20 (8.6%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	65.2	309^th of 900 public elementary schools	65.7%		68.1	270^th of 906 public elementary schools	70.2%	39	41.4	55.0			49.9			$18,555	$41	$18,514
Monroe Elementary	Public	K-4	2670 Zumbehl Rd	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4800	366	37	9.9	47.8%	234 (63.9%)	51 (13.9%)	57 (15.6%)	11 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	71	242^nd of 900 public elementary schools	73.1%		57.4	374^th of 906 public elementary schools	58.7%	132	48.7	60.7			47.4			$17,960	$410	$17,550
Discovery Elementary	Public	K-4	500 Discovery Path Lane	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	Orchard Farm R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 757-6800	394	33	12.0	27.9%	238 (60.4%)	81 (20.6%)	25 (6.3%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.9%)	68.1	273^rd of 900 public elementary schools	69.7%		62.9	319^th of 906 public elementary schools	64.8%	46	47.6	46.1			47.6	61.2		$16,737	$192	$16,546
Harvest Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1220 Harvest Ridge Dr	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 851-5100	572	51	11.2	23.1%	304 (53.1%)	99 (17.3%)	47 (8.2%)	71 (12.4%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.0%)	72.6	224^th of 900 public elementary schools	75.1%		72.8	224^th of 906 public elementary schools	75.3%		48.9	49.3	59.4	57.6	43.6	51.5	54.0	$15,826	$260	$15,566
Harris Elementary	Public	K-4	2800 Old Muegge Rd	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 443-4700	408	40	10.2	33.3%	245 (60.0%)	91 (22.3%)	28 (6.9%)	25 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.4%)	66.9	288^th of 900 public elementary schools	68.0%		67.6	277^th of 906 public elementary schools	69.4%	11	55.8	50.5			40.3	54.5		$17,736	$278	$17,459
Henderson Elementary	Public	K-5	2501 Hackmann Rd	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 851-5200	653	55	11.8	30.5%	430 (65.8%)	56 (8.6%)	96 (14.7%)	28 (4.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	40 (6.1%)	78.9	170^th of 900 public elementary schools	81.1%		88.1	75^th of 906 public elementary schools	91.7%	95	47.8	63.7	48.6	46.9	56.0	71.0	63.0	$15,671	$438	$15,233
Rose Acres Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2905 Rose Acres Ln	Maryland Heights	63043	St. Louis County	Pattonville R-III	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-8017	388	27	14.3	36.3%	183 (47.2%)	89 (22.9%)	34 (8.8%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (18.6%)	71.1	239^th of 900 public elementary schools	73.4%		72.5	228^th of 906 public elementary schools	74.8%	11	58.8	49.9	45.5	45.5	52.0			$14,303	$303	$14,000

Frequently Asked Questions about Blackhurst Elementary

Is Blackhurst Elementary a good school?

Blackhurst Elementary ranks 122^nd of 900 Missouri elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Blackhurst Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 227 students attended Blackhurst Elementary.

What district is Blackhurst Elementary in?

St. Charles R-VI

What is the racial makeup of Blackhurst Elementary?

Students at Blackhurst Elementary are 59% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Blackhurst Elementary attend?

Students who attend Blackhurst Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hardin Middle
Middle : Jefferson Intermediate School
High : St. Charles High

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