Enrollment
105
Elementary
DISTRICT 114 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNKER R-III·NCES 290617000155
BUNKER ELEM.
HWY 72 EAGLE PRIDE DRIVE, BUNKER, MO 63629 · (573) 689-2211 · Reynolds County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C+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.
- 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
13.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
82 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
BUNKER ELEM.→BUNKER HIGH
Based on grade levels within BUNKER R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +11.7pp since 2021
Math
31.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 10.6% | 21.2% | 27.6% | 40.4% |
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 | 29.9% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 61.6% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 21.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.2% | 27.2% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 BUNKER ELEM.
BUNKER ELEM.'s state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNKER ELEM. this school | 105 | 78.1% | 37.4% |
| PLAINVIEW ELEM. AVA | 93 | 74.2% | 64.1% |
| KOSHKONONG ELEM. KOSHKONONG | 127 | 80.3% | 45.7% |
| GASCONADE ELEM. FALCON | 97 | 72.2% | N/A |
| SOUTH IRON ELEM. ANNAPOLIS | 139 | 76.3% | 43.3% |
| NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. SCHELL CITY | 94 | 71.3% | 16.5% |
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 BUNKER ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #601 of 1,002 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #720 of 1,019 ▼ 574 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #792 of 1,018 ▼ 584 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #153 of 943 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 105 | #1,160 of 1,294 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #272 of 1,165 |
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
105
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 105 | 7.7 | 13.6:1 | 78% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 10.4 | 9.7:1 | 73% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | 75% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 9 | 12.6:1 | 69% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 8.8 | 14.0:1 | 76% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 148 | 12 | 12.3:1 | 75% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 12 | 13.7:1 | 65% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 160 | 13 | 12.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 12 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUNKER ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (123 to 105); teachers down 12% (8.8 to 7.7).
About BUNKER ELEM.
A small elementary school in BUNKER, Missouri, BUNKER ELEM. is part of BUNKER R-III. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 105 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Missouri is roughly 315 students; this school is 67% smaller than that.
BUNKER R-III is made up of 2 schools with 228 students in all.
White students are the large majority at BUNKER ELEM., with 94% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic. The White share in Reynolds County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. The chance that two students picked at random at BUNKER ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
At BUNKER ELEM., 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Roughly 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Reynolds County is 17 points.
The allk12 Grade for BUNKER ELEM. is B. Compared with Missouri public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BUNKER ELEM. is 6.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 37.4%. Predicted: 30.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Reynolds County show that median household income is about $45,028, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 8 public schools in Reynolds County, with a combined enrollment of about 854.
The closest public school to BUNKER ELEM. is BUNKER HIGH, less than a tenth of a mile away. Nearby schools with test data average 53.4% proficiency; BUNKER ELEM. posts 37.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 113 in 2020-21 and 105 in 2024-25, a decrease of 8 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for BUNKER ELEM. can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Reynolds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,010
Census ACS
Median income
$45,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
854 students
Quick facts
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Other BUNKER Elementary schools
One other US public school is named BUNKER Elementary. BUNKER ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bunker ElementaryMUSKEGON, MI · 451 students
Nearby schools
- BUNKER HIGH0.0 mi · 123
- CENTERVILLE ELEM.14.0 mi · 28
- Viburnum High18.4 mi · 179
- Viburnum Elementary18.6 mi · 151
- OAK HILL ELEM.18.9 mi · 149
- LESTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL19.9 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About BUNKER ELEM.How large is BUNKER ELEM.?
BUNKER ELEM. enrolls approximately 105 students in grades PK-05.
Is BUNKER ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
BUNKER ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BUNKER ELEM. have?
BUNKER ELEM. employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BUNKER ELEM.?
At BUNKER ELEM., the student body is approximately 94% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Is BUNKER ELEM. public or private?
BUNKER ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUNKER R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.