Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDEPENDENCE 30·NCES 291548003210
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY
709 NORTH FOREST AVE, SUGAR CREEK, MO 64054 · (816) 521-5530 · Jackson County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 11% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
239 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 75 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 22% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within INDEPENDENCE 30. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
MO avg 44.9% . -9.3pp since 2021
Math
19.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -5.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.2% | 16.4% | 36.8% | 38.4% |
| Math | 6.0% | 13.8% | 27.0% | 53.0% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 30.9% | 21.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 25.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY this school | 282 | 84.8% | 20.6% |
| PROCTER ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 221 | 85.5% | 27.6% |
| RANDALL ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 284 | 85.2% | 27.3% |
| THOMAS HART BENTON ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 401 | 86.8% | 37.8% |
| THREE TRAILS ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 328 | 84.5% | 30.9% |
| WASHINGTON ELEM. SEDALIA | 215 | 86.0% | 48.6% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #871 of 1,002 | #90 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #875 of 1,019 ▼ 36 | #96 of 126 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #869 of 1,018 ▲ 46 | #89 of 126 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.6pp | #128 of 943 | #19 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #752 of 1,294 | #109 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #728 of 950 | #86 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #51 of 953 | #14 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.8% | #252 of 1,165 | #52 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #240 of 684 | #40 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 282 | 19.7 | 14.3:1 | 85% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 19.2 | 14.3:1 | 86% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 15.9 | 17.1:1 | 80% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 84% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 23.5 | 14.6:1 | 90% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 88% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (342 to 282); teachers down 16% (23.5 to 19.7).
About ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school with a street address in SUGAR CREEK, Missouri. There are 282 students enrolled, covering grades 2 through 5.
INDEPENDENCE 30 runs 29 schools with a combined 14,272 students. ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is one of them.
The biggest share of students at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY, 42%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Jackson County's population at about 62%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY scores 69%.
Classroom staffing at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY totals 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Missouri, 12.4:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is about 85%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Jackson County, the school's rate is higher.
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is 7.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Missouri schools.
The school is in Jackson County, where the median household earns about $68,577 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY shares Jackson County with 243 other public schools.
SUGAR CREEK ELEM. is about 0.4 miles from ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY ranks 8th on average proficiency.
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decline, from 299 to 282. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
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Frequently asked questions
About ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARYHow large is ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY?
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 02-05.
What grades does ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY serve?
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY serves grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 42% White, 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY in?
ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY is part of INDEPENDENCE 30.
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