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How has AVA ELEM. changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVA R-I·NCES 290405000034
AVA ELEM.
507 NORTH SPRING STREET, AVA, MO 65608 · (417) 683-5450 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
314 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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
Based on grade levels within AVA R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +22.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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
553
+55 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.6:1
% White
94%
was 96%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AVA ELEM.
AVA ELEM., a high-enrollment K-5 school in AVA, Missouri, part of AVA R-I, works with 553 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 76% larger than the state mean of about 315.
AVA R-I runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,330 students. AVA ELEM. is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, AVA ELEM. records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting AVA ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AVA ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 31.3%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put the typical household earns roughly $45,985 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. AVA ELEM. is one of 5 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 1,511 students).
AVA HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around AVA ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AVA ELEM. at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.0%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for AVA ELEM. typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,965
Census ACS
Median income
$45,985
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AVA
- AVA HIGHHigh · 391 students
- AVA MIDDLEMiddle · 386 students
- PLAINVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 93 students
Nearby schools
- AVA HIGH0.1 mi · 391
- AVA MIDDLE0.2 mi · 386
- PLAINVIEW ELEM.11.1 mi · 93
- WILDER ELEM.11.3 mi · 312
- MANSFIELD HIGH11.3 mi · 174
- MANSFIELD JR. HIGH11.3 mi · 135
Frequently asked questions
About AVA ELEM.How many students attend AVA ELEM.?
AVA ELEM. enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does AVA ELEM. serve?
AVA ELEM. serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at AVA ELEM.?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at AVA ELEM..
How diverse is AVA ELEM.?
AVA ELEM. reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees AVA ELEM.?
AVA ELEM. is overseen by AVA R-I in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.