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
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
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
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
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
MO avg 49.5% . -67.6pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
MO avg 48.7% . -74.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 68 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 75 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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
105
-18 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.0:1
% White
94%
was 98%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUNKER ELEM.
BUNKER ELEM. is an elementary campus of rural-scale scale in BUNKER, Missouri, part of BUNKER R-III, instructing 105 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BUNKER ELEM. sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.
BUNKER R-III runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 228 students. BUNKER ELEM. is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BUNKER ELEM. reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, BUNKER ELEM. logs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at BUNKER ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Reynolds County's rate of about 61%.
With demographic context factored in, BUNKER ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +13.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Reynolds County indicate the typical household earns roughly $45,028 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Reynolds County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 854 students), of which BUNKER ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: BUNKER HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, BUNKER ELEM. comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BUNKER ELEM. has ticked down 15%, going from 123 students in 2018 to 105 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 98% to 94% over that span.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
Related schools
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
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL19.9 mi · 35
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.