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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVIEW R-III·NCES 290459000050

BELLEVIEW ELEM.

27431 HWY 32, BELLEVIEW, MO 63623 · (573) 697-5702 · Iron County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL81 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Missouri public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
81
Elementary
STATE 315
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
12 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
81 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten79%
Grade 1911%
Grade 2810%
Grade 3911%
Grade 41012%
Grade 567%
Grade 61114%
Grade 71114%
Grade 81012%
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 52% · US 70%
White
7896%
STATE 67% · US 43%
Hispanic
34%
STATE 9% · US 30%
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
Male
3644%
Female
4556%

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Test scores

MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
40.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.3pp since 2021
Math
27.7%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.1pp since 2021

What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectAdvancedProficientBasicBelow Basic
English Language Arts14.8%25.9%46.2%12.9%
Math11.1%16.6%42.5%29.6%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.7%27.7%
2023-2438.5%29.7%
2022-2332.7%32.7%
2021-2239.4%33.8%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 BELLEVIEW ELEM.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BELLEVIEW ELEM. this school81100.0%34.1%
MARQUAND ELEM.
MARQUAND
72100.0%N/A
ZALMA ELEM.
ZALMA
101100.0%N/A
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLIMAX SPRINGS
113100.0%36.8%
GIDEON ELEM.
GIDEON
115100.0%25.2%
OSAGE CO. ELEM.
CHAMOIS
62100.0%N/A
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 BELLEVIEW ELEM. ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Missouri
Enrollment
ranked largest first
81#1,209 of 1,294
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 2024-25
Enrollment
81
-31 (-28%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 18.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258111.86.8:1100% (81)
2023-249010.58.6:172% (65)
2022-239310.19.2:170% (65)
2020-21112618.7:162% (69)
2017-1812911.311.4:165% (84)
2015-161191110.8:159% (70)
2010-11115138.8:172% (83)
2000-011761116.0:148% (84)
1990-911901215.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLEVIEW ELEM..

Since 2017-18: students down 37% (129 to 81); teachers up 5% (11.3 to 11.8).

About BELLEVIEW ELEM.

BELLEVIEW ELEM., located in BELLEVIEW, Missouri, is a very small elementary school. Its enrollment is 81 students, spread over pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.

BELLEVIEW ELEM. falls under BELLEVIEW R-III.

By race and ethnicity, BELLEVIEW ELEM. is 96% White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic. In Iron County overall, the White share is about 92%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.

BELLEVIEW ELEM. has 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 6.8:1. Elementary schools in Missouri have an average ratio of 12.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Public schools in Iron County average 75%.

Among Missouri public elementary schools, BELLEVIEW ELEM. outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

The model predicts 22.4% for a school in Missouri with BELLEVIEW ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch share. BELLEVIEW ELEM. posts 34.1%.

The county, Iron County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $48,850 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Iron County has 9 public schools with about 1,669 students, including BELLEVIEW ELEM..

BELLEVIEW ELEM.'s closest public school neighbor is CALEDONIA ELEM., about 4.9 miles away. The five-mile area around BELLEVIEW ELEM. holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.7% on proficiency, and BELLEVIEW ELEM. is below that at 34.1%.

Under the NCES locale system, BELLEVIEW ELEM. is Rural: Remote.

From 112 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 81 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 6.8 students per teacher, compared with 18.7 in 2020-21.

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Iron County at a glance

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Population
9,446
Census ACS
Median income
$48,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,669 students

Quick facts

School name
BELLEVIEW ELEM.
District
BELLEVIEW R-III
Address
27431 HWY 32, BELLEVIEW, MO 63623
Phone
(573) 697-5702
County
Iron County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
81
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
6.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
81 (100%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
290459000050
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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4 other US public schools in 4 states are named BELLEVIEW Elementary. BELLEVIEW ELEM. is the 5th largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About BELLEVIEW ELEM.
How many students attend BELLEVIEW ELEM.?
BELLEVIEW ELEM. enrolls approximately 81 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does BELLEVIEW ELEM. serve?
BELLEVIEW ELEM. serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at BELLEVIEW ELEM.?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at BELLEVIEW ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELLEVIEW ELEM.?
At BELLEVIEW ELEM., the student body is approximately 96% White, 4% Hispanic.
Is BELLEVIEW ELEM. public or private?
BELLEVIEW ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLEVIEW R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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