Enrollment
113
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTENBURG 48·NCES 290304000014
ALTENBURG ELEM.
8432 Main Street, ALTENBURG, MO 63732 · (573) 824-5857 · Perry County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL113 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
12 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
35 students
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
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
86.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +64.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Missouri average is about 50 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 64 points since 2023.
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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
113
+20 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.1:1
% White
98%
was 98%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ALTENBURG ELEM.
Located at 8432 Main Street, in ALTENBURG, Missouri, ALTENBURG ELEM. is a rural-scale primary school that instructs 113 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by ALTENBURG 48. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
ALTENBURG ELEM. sits inside ALTENBURG 48, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On demographics, ALTENBURG ELEM. logs that nearly all students (98%) are White.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Perry County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, ALTENBURG ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -9.1 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Perry County shows median household earnings sit near $62,981, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Perry County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,216 students), of which ALTENBURG ELEM. is one.
OAK RIDGE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.7 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALTENBURG ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.6%.
ALTENBURG ELEM. operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALTENBURG ELEM. has edged up 22%, going from 93 students in 2018 to 113 in 2025.
On this page, members of the ALTENBURG ELEM. community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,976
Census ACS
Median income
$62,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- OAK RIDGE ELEM.11.7 mi · 182
- OAK RIDGE HIGH11.8 mi · 183
- NORTH ELEM.12.9 mi · 249
- Shawnee High School13.4 mi · 72
- Shawnee Jr High School13.4 mi · 62
- Shawnee Elementary School13.5 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About ALTENBURG ELEM.How large is ALTENBURG ELEM.?
ALTENBURG ELEM. enrolls approximately 113 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does ALTENBURG ELEM. serve?
ALTENBURG ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ALTENBURG ELEM.?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at ALTENBURG ELEM..
How diverse is ALTENBURG ELEM.?
ALTENBURG ELEM. reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ALTENBURG ELEM.?
ALTENBURG ELEM. is overseen by ALTENBURG 48 in Perry County.
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