Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOOL R-IV·NCES 290643000160
CABOOL ELEM.
1024 GARST AVENUE, CABOOL, MO 65689 · (417) 962-3153 · Texas County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
310 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
Based on grade levels within CABOOL R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
11.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +42.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 up about 42 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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
310
-15 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.8:1
% White
95%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CABOOL ELEM.
CABOOL ELEM., a reasonably sized primary school in CABOOL, Missouri, run under CABOOL R-IV, works with 310 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.
CABOOL R-IV comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 725 students; CABOOL ELEM. is among them.
In terms of who attends, CABOOL ELEM. lists that nearly all students (95%) are White.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at CABOOL ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Texas County's rate of about 89%.
After controlling for student poverty, CABOOL ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 32.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Texas County shows the typical household earns roughly $50,036 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Texas County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students), CABOOL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CABOOL HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CABOOL ELEM. comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.
CABOOL ELEM. operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CABOOL ELEM. has contracted 5%, going from 325 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.
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Texas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,161
Census ACS
Median income
$50,036
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CABOOL R-IV
- CABOOL HIGHHigh · 209 students
- CABOOL MIDDLEMiddle · 206 students
Other schools in CABOOL
- CABOOL HIGHHigh · 209 students
- CABOOL MIDDLEMiddle · 206 students
- GENTRY RESIDENTIAL TREAT. FAC.High · 22 students
Nearby schools
- CABOOL HIGH0.2 mi · 209
- CABOOL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 206
- GENTRY RESIDENTIAL TREAT. FAC.1.2 mi · 22
- MOUNTAIN GROVE MIDDLE8.4 mi · 424
- MOUNTAIN GROVE ELEM.8.5 mi · 658
- MOUNTAIN GROVE HIGH8.6 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About CABOOL ELEM.How large is CABOOL ELEM.?
CABOOL ELEM. enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does CABOOL ELEM. serve?
CABOOL ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at CABOOL ELEM.?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at CABOOL ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at CABOOL ELEM.?
At CABOOL ELEM., the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CABOOL ELEM.?
CABOOL ELEM. is overseen by CABOOL R-IV in Texas County.
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