Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854001004
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.
1900 CLAY DR, LIBERTY, MO 64068 · (816) 736-5400 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
10.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
85 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -3.6pp since 2021
Math
54.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 28.3% | 30.0% | 13.8% |
| Math | 28.8% | 25.5% | 25.0% | 20.5% |
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 | 56.0% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 55.3% | 52.6% |
| 2021-22 | 59.6% | 51.8% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 →
Schools most like ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.'s state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. this school | 336 | 25.3% | 57.9% |
| VALLEY PARK ELEM. VALLEY PARK | 343 | 28.6% | 42.9% |
| SUNSET VALLEY ELEM. LEES SUMMIT | 310 | 23.2% | 48.6% |
| MCBRIDE ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 380 | 29.2% | 56.4% |
| HICKORY HILLS ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 340 | 25.9% | 51.9% |
| GRADEN ELEM. PARKVILLE | 415 | 24.8% | 54.6% |
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 ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #166 of 1,002 | #11 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #245 of 1,019 ▼ 73 | #13 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #215 of 1,018 ▼ 90 | #14 of 41 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #368 of 943 | #16 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #582 of 1,294 | #29 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #99 of 950 | #3 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #433 of 953 | #28 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #985 of 1,165 | #31 of 44 |
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
336
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 336 | 31.4 | 10.7:1 | 25% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 32.2 | 10.4:1 | 24% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 34.1 | 10.6:1 | 25% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 30 | 11.6:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 34.2 | 9.8:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 32 | 10.9:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 10% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (336 to 336); teachers down 8% (34.2 to 31.4).
About ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. is an elementary school in LIBERTY, Missouri, according to federal school records. The school had 336 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 18 schools in LIBERTY 53, with 11,826 students enrolled.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. County-wide, about 79% of residents are White. By the diversity index, ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. comes in at 41%.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. employs 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 25% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Clay County report 35%.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.9%; the prediction is 50.4%.
Within Clay County, median household income is about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Clay County number 80 and enroll about 41,553.
Nearest public school: DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. holds at least 8 other public schools. ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.'s average proficiency of 57.9% compares with 47.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. had 349 students in 2020-21 and 336 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 795 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
Other schools in LIBERTY
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 678
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLE0.6 mi · 809
- EPIC ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 293
- EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR.0.8 mi · 45
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 609
- LIBERTY HIGH1.0 mi · 1,842
Frequently asked questions
About ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.What is the total enrollment at ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.?
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. enrolls approximately 336 students in grades KG-05.
Is ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. have?
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM.?
Student demographics at ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. are roughly 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. public or private?
ALEXANDER DONIPHAN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by LIBERTY 53.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.