Sacred Heart Elementary School

Grades: PK-8
Student Enrollment: 427

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4 out of 5 | 3 Reviews

Address
12 Ann Ave
Valley Park, MO 63088

Phone
(636) 225-3824

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Sacred Heart Elementary School enrolls 427 preschool and elementary school students from grades PK-8. It is located in Valley Park, MO, which is a medium sized city with a median household income of $43,548.

School Operational Details

Students Have Access to a Library or Media Center

School Days and Hours

School Days Per Year: 176
Note: Kindergarten Operates Five Days Per Week
School Hours Per Day: 7
Note: Kindergarten Offers Both Full and Half Day Schedule

School Religious Orientation

Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO

School Associations

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

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3 reviews for Sacred Heart Elementary School

Reviewed by Former Student on July 23, 2007
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
This is a reminiscence, with no factual resemblance to the present school. I graduated 8th grade in 1956, and the C grade reflects the SHS I experienced.
There were always 2 and sometimes 3 grades in a room (one year, one teacher taught grades 1,2,and 3, about 75 students, all in one room -- there was a good reason why my mother always called her "poor little" Sister Hilda).
In 1949, there were still outhouses near the field of crushed rock (aka playground), which we were required to use during recess. The interior of the school smelled of floor wax, chalk dust, and sweat.
No one had ever heard of "learning disabilities;" there were only good children and bad children. Bad children could be and were "whipped," i.e., numerous smacks laid on with a ruler or floor brush. "Siege mentality" Catholocism was still in vogue, and it was considered "an occasion of sin" for girls from SHS to attend Girl Scouts at Valley Park School, about 2 blocks away. A diploma from SHS certainly didn't open any doors, socially or profesionally, for the alumni.
Having said that, I am now pushing 65 and am still in fairly regular contact with the other four girls from my class, plus several from the classes that "bracketed" ours. None of us dropped out. We live from the east coast to the west and all became responsible citizens and householders. All of us are parents and grandparents. We did learn to read, spell, write grammatically, and can still recite our "times tables" in our sleep. If the Tridentine mass were reinstated, I know the Latin responses and prayers and could sing "Dies irae, dies ira" by heart.
It was not fun, but we somehow survived to have real lives. When I went to the SH "reunion" in 1991 the church hall was the same, but there was an entirely new school and a sufficiency of teachers, with all the modern fixin's. It bore no resemblance to my "alma mater."

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on June 10, 2007
Rating: (4 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I attended Sacred Heart from 1948 til I graduated in 1956.

From grades 1 thru 8, there were only 5 of us girls, and 8 boys.

Those were the good old days for young students, growing up. There was no such thing as dope, drugs, and all the other negative vices that are in the schools of today.
I will always have fond memories of Sacred Heart.

Reviewed by Former Student on May 07, 2007
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Basically, I have good childhood memories of SHS.
Will never forget Sister Emelda.
My only regret is that although I was very weak in arithmetic throughout my 8 yrs. in grade school, there was no one at Sacred Heart to help me with this subject.
As a result, I did poorly in high school with math.
Other than that, it was a pleasant experience during my childhood years.

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 427
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 20.8
Full-Time Teachers: 19
Part-Time Teachers: 2
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 17.3
Percent Minority Students: 1.2%

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 180 (42.2%)
Females: 247 (57.8%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Sacred Heart Elementary School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	-	-
Black	-	-
Asian	2	0.5%
Hispanic	3	0.7%
White	354	82.9%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Pre-Kindergarten	68	15.9%
Kindergarten	47	11.0%
1st Grade	42	9.8%
2nd Grade	36	8.4%
3rd Grade	43	10.1%
4th Grade	37	8.7%
5th Grade	34	8.0%
6th Grade	45	10.5%
7th Grade	40	9.4%
8th Grade	35	8.2%

Source: MO Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

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