Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERNIE R-XIII·NCES 290495000060
BERNIE ELEM.
121 S SPIKER, BERNIE, MO 63822 · (573) 293-5335 · Stoddard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
181 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BERNIE ELEM.→BERNIE HIGH
Based on grade levels within BERNIE R-XIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
MO avg 49.5% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
70.1%
MO avg 48.7% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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
283
-23 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.2:1
% White
86%
was 90%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BERNIE ELEM.
BERNIE ELEM., a mid-sized elementary campus in BERNIE, Missouri, overseen by BERNIE R-XIII, works with 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.
BERNIE R-XIII runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 478 students. BERNIE ELEM. is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BERNIE ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at BERNIE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Stoddard County's rate of about 53%.
With demographic context factored in, BERNIE ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.1%; actual is 71.4%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Stoddard County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,957, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Stoddard County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), of which BERNIE ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: BERNIE HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERNIE ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.
BERNIE ELEM. operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. BERNIE ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 283). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 90% to 86%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
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Stoddard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,470
Census ACS
Median income
$57,957
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- BERNIE HIGH0.1 mi · 195
- MALDEN LOWER ELEM.6.9 mi · 424
- MALDEN HIGH6.9 mi · 383
- CENTRAL ELEM.8.0 mi · 447
- T. S. HILL MIDDLE8.1 mi · 475
- DEXTER HIGH8.2 mi · 553
Frequently asked questions
About BERNIE ELEM.How many students attend BERNIE ELEM.?
BERNIE ELEM. enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does BERNIE ELEM. serve?
BERNIE ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does BERNIE ELEM. have?
BERNIE ELEM. employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BERNIE ELEM.?
At BERNIE ELEM., the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BERNIE ELEM.?
BERNIE ELEM. is overseen by BERNIE R-XIII in Stoddard County.
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