Enrollment
105
Elementary
DISTRICT 103 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAIR CO. R-I·NCES 292298001314
ADAIR CO. ELEM.
600 ROMBAUER AVE, NOVINGER, MO 63559 · (660) 234-9193 · Adair County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
55 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ADAIR CO. ELEM.→ADAIR CO. HIGH
Based on grade levels within ADAIR CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
53.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
MO avg 48.7% . +22.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
105
-4 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 17.9:1
% White
100%
was 99%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ADAIR CO. ELEM.
ADAIR CO. ELEM. operates as a very small primary school in NOVINGER, Missouri, part of ADAIR CO. R-I. Current enrollment sits at 105 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ADAIR CO. ELEM. sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 2 schools in ADAIR CO. R-I (206 students total), ADAIR CO. ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, ADAIR CO. ELEM. logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.
Looking at school resources, ADAIR CO. ELEM. lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ADAIR CO. ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 51.4%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Adair County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,536, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ADAIR CO. ELEM. is one of 9 public schools in Adair County (combined enrollment of about 2,724 students).
The closest other public school is ADAIR CO. HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ADAIR CO. ELEM. at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.4%.
ADAIR CO. ELEM. operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADAIR CO. ELEM. has fell 4%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 105 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.
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Adair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,301
Census ACS
Median income
$61,536
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ADAIR CO. HIGH0.0 mi · 101
- KIRKSVILLE SR. HIGH8.0 mi · 791
- WILLIAM MATTHEW MIDDLE SCHOOL8.1 mi · 514
- RAY MILLER ELEM.8.2 mi · 530
- KIRKSVILLE PRIMARY8.2 mi · 539
- GREEN CITY ELEM.13.2 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About ADAIR CO. ELEM.How many students attend ADAIR CO. ELEM.?
ADAIR CO. ELEM. enrolls approximately 105 students in grades PK-06.
Is ADAIR CO. ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
ADAIR CO. ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ADAIR CO. ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ADAIR CO. ELEM. is approximately 7.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ADAIR CO. ELEM.?
At ADAIR CO. ELEM., the student body is approximately 100% White.
Who oversees ADAIR CO. ELEM.?
ADAIR CO. ELEM. is overseen by ADAIR CO. R-I in Adair County.
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