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Enrollment
656
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA 93·NCES 290100003292
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY
5801 S. Highway KK, Columbia, MO 65203 · (573) 214-3400 · Boone County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
129 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · US 70%
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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.7pp since 2021
Math
57.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.7% | 30.1% | 22.5% | 14.6% |
| Math | 32.7% | 24.5% | 21.3% | 21.3% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.4% | 54.7% |
| 2021-22 | 62.1% | 54.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY this school | 656 | 19.7% | 57.7% |
| HARVEST RIDGE ELEM. ST CHARLES | 572 | 23.1% | 52.9% |
| DISCOVERY RIDGE ELEMENTARY O'FALLON | 590 | 13.6% | 63.7% |
| ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. COLUMBIA | 556 | 32.6% | 50.0% |
| RIVER BEND ELEM. CHESTERFIELD | 380 | 20.3% | 54.5% |
| PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. O'FALLON | 696 | 24.6% | 49.2% |
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 BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #168 of 1,002 | #6 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #200 of 1,019 ▲ 58 | #6 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #114 of 1,018 ▲ 46 | #4 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #456 of 943 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #36 of 1,294 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #838 of 950 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #179 of 953 | #14 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,039 of 1,165 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #97 of 251 | #9 of 12 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
656
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 656 | 43.3 | 15.2:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 43.3 | 15.6:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 21% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 23% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (591 to 656); teachers up 17% (37 to 43.3).
About BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY
This page covers BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school in Columbia, Missouri. It reported 656 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Missouri enroll about 315 students on average.
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY belongs to COLUMBIA 93, a district of 34 schools and 18,640 students.
More than half of the students at BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY are White (59%). The remaining shares are 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Boone County's population at about 77%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY scores 60%.
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY has 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 20%. The rate at public schools in Boone County averages 38%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Missouri public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY is 5.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Missouri schools.
In Boone County, home to about 188,043 people, the median household earns about $72,758 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY shares Boone County with 57 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, JOHN WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.7 miles from BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. On proficiency, BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY is behind the 71.4% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 656, close to the 664 recorded in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA 93
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
- SMITHTON MIDDLEMiddle · 605 students
Other schools in Columbia
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
- SMITHTON MIDDLEMiddle · 605 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 579
- MILL CREEK ELEM.2.2 mi · 583
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOL3.4 mi · 736
- ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.3.7 mi · 556
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGH3.7 mi · 1,997
- FAIRVIEW ELEM.4.1 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYHow large is BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY?
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 656 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY serve?
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY have?
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY are roughly 59% White, 6% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY in?
BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY is part of COLUMBIA 93.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.