Enrollment
114
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVILLA R-XIII·NCES 290411000038
AVILLA ELEM.
400 SARCOXIE ST, AVILLA, MO 64833 · (417) 246-5330 · Jasper County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
67 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
34.7%
MO avg 49.5% . -60.9pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -87.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 61 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 87 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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
114
-37 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 10.1:1
% White
87%
was 84%
% Hispanic
11%
was 6%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AVILLA ELEM.
AVILLA ELEM. is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in AVILLA, Missouri, operated by AVILLA R-XIII, with 114 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so AVILLA ELEM. sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.
Operationally, AVILLA ELEM. answers to AVILLA R-XIII, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
Demographically, AVILLA ELEM. reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic. Compared to Jasper County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, AVILLA ELEM. shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting AVILLA ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AVILLA 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 69.2%.
In the broader community, Jasper County reports that median household income runs about $60,694, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jasper County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), AVILLA ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
SARCOXIE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, AVILLA ELEM. comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 151 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,357
Census ACS
Median income
$60,694
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
21,177 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- SARCOXIE HIGH8.5 mi · 387
- WILDWOOD ELEM.8.7 mi · 303
- FAIRVIEW ELEM.9.5 mi · 444
- CARTHAGE JR. HIGH9.7 mi · 773
- CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL9.9 mi · 1,626
- EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PAT CENTER10.0 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About AVILLA ELEM.How large is AVILLA ELEM.?
AVILLA ELEM. enrolls approximately 114 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does AVILLA ELEM. serve?
AVILLA ELEM. serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at AVILLA ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at AVILLA ELEM. is approximately 8.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at AVILLA ELEM.?
Student demographics at AVILLA ELEM. are roughly 87% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is AVILLA ELEM. in?
AVILLA ELEM. is part of AVILLA R-XIII.
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