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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWLING GREEN R-I·NCES 290566000112
BOWLING GREEN ELEM.
700 WEST ADAMS STREET, BOWLING GREEN, MO 63334 · (573) 324-2042 · Pike County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
226 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BOWLING GREEN R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +16.1pp since 2021
Math
43.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 62 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 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.8% | 36.7% | 27.4% | 10.9% |
| Math | 16.8% | 26.5% | 34.1% | 22.3% |
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 | 61.5% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 45.7% |
| 2022-23 | 53.3% | 43.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 43.6% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 BOWLING GREEN ELEM.
BOWLING GREEN ELEM.'s state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLING GREEN ELEM. this school | 472 | 47.9% | 49.3% |
| GRANDVIEW ELEM. HIGGINSVILLE | 440 | 47.5% | 28.1% |
| ATHENA ELEM. DESOTO | 465 | 50.1% | 50.5% |
| SHOOK ELEM. MARSHFIELD | 468 | 47.0% | 50.8% |
| SUNRISE ELEM. RICHMOND | 460 | 48.0% | 25.5% |
| BROOKFIELD ELEM. BROOKFIELD | 417 | 49.2% | 49.6% |
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 BOWLING GREEN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #329 of 1,002 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #479 of 1,019 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #134 of 1,018 ▲ 148 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #172 of 943 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #203 of 1,294 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #433 of 950 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #612 of 953 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #689 of 1,165 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #404 of 684 |
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
472
-63 (-12%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 472 | 37.3 | 12.7:1 | 48% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 39.4 | 14.2:1 | 48% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 39.5 | 14.1:1 | 48% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 50% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 36.4 | 14.6:1 | 43% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 41% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 41% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 26 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOWLING GREEN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (533 to 472); teachers up 2% (36.4 to 37.3).
About BOWLING GREEN ELEM.
BOWLING GREEN, Missouri, is home to BOWLING GREEN ELEM., a mid-sized elementary school. It had 472 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 50% above average.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in BOWLING GREEN R-I totals 1,243 students.
Roughly 86% of students at BOWLING GREEN ELEM. are White. Smaller groups are 10% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Pike County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
Its staff includes 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is similar, at 12.4:1. Roughly 48% of students at BOWLING GREEN ELEM. can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Pike County is close, at 49%.
BOWLING GREEN ELEM. earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Missouri public elementary schools.
BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is 7.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.3% versus 42.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
Census data for Pike County show median household income comes to about $54,989, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The county has 14 public schools and about 2,424 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, BOWLING GREEN MIDDLE, is the closest to BOWLING GREEN ELEM.. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 39.2%, lower than BOWLING GREEN ELEM.'s 49.3%.
Locale data from NCES put BOWLING GREEN ELEM. in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
A 12% decline took enrollment from 535 in 2020-21 to 472 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,711
Census ACS
Median income
$54,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,424 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOWLING GREEN R-I
- BOWLING GREEN HIGHHigh · 373 students
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLEMiddle · 284 students
- FRANKFORD ELEM.Elementary · 114 students
- Bowling Green ECCElementary
Other schools in BOWLING GREEN
- BOWLING GREEN HIGHHigh · 373 students
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLEMiddle · 284 students
- LILLIAN SCHAPER SCHOOLCombined · 13 students
- Bowling Green ECCElementary
Other BOWLING GREEN Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named BOWLING GREEN Elementary. BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Bowling Green ElementaryMilford, VA · 837 students
- Bowling Green ElementarySacramento, CA · 685 students
- BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOWLING GREEN, FL · 260 students
Nearby schools
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLE0.1 mi · 284
- BOWLING GREEN HIGH0.1 mi · 373
- LILLIAN SCHAPER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 13
- BONCL Elem.9.3 mi · 39
- LOUISIANA HIGH9.4 mi · 187
- LOUISIANA MIDDLE9.4 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About BOWLING GREEN ELEM.What is the total enrollment at BOWLING GREEN ELEM.?
BOWLING GREEN ELEM. enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BOWLING GREEN ELEM. serve?
BOWLING GREEN ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOWLING GREEN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is approximately 12.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOWLING GREEN ELEM.?
At BOWLING GREEN ELEM., the student body is approximately 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is BOWLING GREEN ELEM. public or private?
BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BOWLING GREEN R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.