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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANSON R-IV·NCES 290576003237
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY
1000 BUCHANAN ROAD, BRANSON, MO 65616 · (417) 243-2530 · Taney County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
353 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 131 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 157 | 27% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
51.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -12.1pp since 2021
Math
56.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.0% | 27.9% | 26.6% | 21.4% |
| Math | 31.1% | 25.3% | 25.9% | 17.5% |
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 | 51.9% | 56.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 65.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 63.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 →
Schools most like BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY this school | 578 | 61.1% | 57.7% |
| ANDERSON ELEM. ANDERSON | 521 | 60.3% | 35.0% |
| PATE EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. AURORA | 474 | 66.2% | N/A |
| MAPLECREST ELEM. LEBANON | 656 | 66.9% | 36.5% |
| BOSWELL ELEM. LEBANON | 581 | 65.7% | 37.8% |
| PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTER PERRYVILLE | 492 | 53.7% | 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 BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Taney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #169 of 1,002 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #210 of 1,019 ▼ 111 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #303 of 1,018 ▼ 156 | #3 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #83 of 943 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #83 of 1,294 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #437 of 950 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #521 of 953 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #435 of 1,165 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #359 of 684 | N/A |
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
578
+24 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 578 | 45.5 | 12.7:1 | 61% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 44.6 | 13.6:1 | 57% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 45.7 | 13.0:1 | 54% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 57% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 45.2 | 14.6:1 | 64% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 58% (385) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (661 to 578); teachers up 1% (45.2 to 45.5).
About BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school run by BRANSON R-IV in BRANSON, Missouri. It reports enrollment of 578 students in kindergarten through 3. The school is 83% larger than the average for elementary schools in Missouri.
BRANSON R-IV has 7 schools; together they serve 4,653 students.
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is 81% White by enrollment. Next come 10% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.7 students per teacher. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is close to this figure. Roughly 61% of students at BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Taney County is similar, at 63%.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY does better than predicted by 20.7 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.7%; the prediction is 37.0%.
The school's county is Taney County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $56,497 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY shares Taney County with 20 other public schools.
BUCHANAN INTERMEDIATE, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Taney County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,529
Census ACS
Median income
$56,497
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BRANSON R-IV
- BRANSON HIGHHigh · 1,469 students
- BRANSON JR. HIGHMiddle · 694 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 517 students
- CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 515 students
- BUCHANAN INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 465 students
- CEDAR RIDGE PRIMARYElementary · 415 students
Other schools in BRANSON
- BRANSON HIGHHigh · 1,469 students
- BRANSON JR. HIGHMiddle · 694 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 517 students
- CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 515 students
- BUCHANAN INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 465 students
- CEDAR RIDGE PRIMARYElementary · 415 students
Other Buchanan Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Buchanan Elementary. BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 9.
- Buchanan Elementary SchoolLIVONIA, MI · 483 students
- Buchanan ElementaryMurfreesboro, TN · 475 students
- Buchanan Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 460 students
- Buchanan Elementary - 03Pierre, SD · 432 students
- Buchanan ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 379 students
Nearby schools
- BUCHANAN INTERMEDIATE0.2 mi · 465
- BRANSON HIGH0.3 mi · 1,469
- TRI LAKES SPECIAL SERV CO-OP2.3 mi · 75
- BRANSON JR. HIGH2.6 mi · 694
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 517
- CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE2.9 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About BUCHANAN ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY?
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 578 students in grades KG-03.
Is BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY?
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY public or private?
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by BRANSON R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.