Enrollment
101
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLACKWATER R-II·NCES 290519000069
BLACKWATER ELEM.
300 DODDRIDGE AVE., BLACKWATER, MO 65322 · (660) 846-2461 · Cooper County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL101 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
44 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
74.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -39.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 39 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
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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
101
-11 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 8.1:1
% White
92%
was 96%
% Black
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BLACKWATER ELEM.
BLACKWATER ELEM. is an elementary school of micro-enrollment scale in BLACKWATER, Missouri, part of BLACKWATER R-II, educateing 101 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 68% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
BLACKWATER ELEM. is a school of BLACKWATER R-II, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On the student-mix side, BLACKWATER ELEM. shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Cooper County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BLACKWATER ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cooper County's rate of about 75%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLACKWATER ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +9.4 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cooper County put the typical household earns roughly $70,625 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cooper County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,425 students), BLACKWATER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HARDEMAN ELEM., around 7.5 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. BLACKWATER ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 112 (now 101). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cooper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,824
Census ACS
Median income
$70,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
2,425 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- HARDEMAN ELEM.7.5 mi · 64
- PILOT GROVE ELEM.8.7 mi · 72
- PILOT GROVE HIGH8.7 mi · 128
- BOONVILLE HIGH12.3 mi · 527
- HANNAH COLE PRIMARY12.5 mi · 419
- Tom Butterfield Early Chld Ctr12.8 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About BLACKWATER ELEM.What is the total enrollment at BLACKWATER ELEM.?
BLACKWATER ELEM. enrolls approximately 101 students in grades PK-08.
Is BLACKWATER ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
BLACKWATER ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BLACKWATER ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BLACKWATER ELEM. is approximately 7.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BLACKWATER ELEM.?
At BLACKWATER ELEM., the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is BLACKWATER ELEM. public or private?
BLACKWATER ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BLACKWATER R-II.
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