4557 Butler Hill Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63128

I personally wouldn’t recommend this school. The majority of the time, there are claims that “MHS truly cares about each of their students”, and most of the time they seem to care a lot more about making sure that it SEEMS that way to everyone else. I do think that there are good teachers who do care about their students, and I do think there are some good classes and opportunities available, but the majority of the time it’s the administrative staff that bring the school down so much and ignore the important issues while focusing way too much on the smaller ones, the ones that actually affect their public image. The creative classes were great though, but that’s more of an outlier than the norm. Anyways, I’d consider other options first.

Since 2016, the math and reading scores for Trautwein have precipitously dropped below proficient, 17% in math proficiency and below 33% in reading proficiency making this one of the lowest ranking elementary schools in Mehlville School District. Too much emphasis is placed on fun activities, wearing shirts with words on them, silly sock day, principal assemblies that focus on her agenda, and more which takes time away from the importance of learning within the classroom. Too much concern from the principal on keeping up her own personal appearance, admonishing students and teachers when visiting classrooms, walking around looking to find fault with teachers’ instructing and a lack of engaging with students on an academic level are just some of the areas impacting academic areas within this school. Excellence begins at the top. This principal needs to put forth positive priorities regarding her teachers and students and less about her opportunities for advancing her career. Previous principals worked with students during their visits by working with a small group of students, reading to a class, or presenting a social/emotional lesson for all classrooms. There are Mehlville schools that have high standards for learning and academic achievement. At this time, Trautwein does not provide these higher math and reading standards. The Mehlville administration needs to provide assistance for this principal so that she may set her goals towards raising academic achievement. Home buyers looking in the Mehlville District will find many other elementary schools with higher math and reading scores that would be beneficial for their children.

Currently I have two children that go to this school one is in sixth grade the other in eighth grade. They learn a lot everyday. The teachers and students are very respectful. The teachers always help when they need it. They have good grades. The teachers make it fun to learn. WMS is a very good school.