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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARUTHERSVILLE 18·NCES 290747000216

CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY

900 WASHINGTON AVE, CARUTHERSVILLE, MO 63830 · (573) 333-6100 · Pemiscot County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
475 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
Pre-K
40
Kindergarten
84
Grade 1
69
Grade 2
69
Grade 3
67
Grade 4
78
Grade 5
68
Student demographics
White
17236%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 67%
Hispanic
194%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 9%
Black
21345%
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2%
Two+
6814%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 6%
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
Male
22547%
Female
25053%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY→CARUTHERSVILLE MIDDLE→CARUTHERSVILLE HIGH
Based on grade levels within CARUTHERSVILLE 18. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs Peers
English Language Arts
35.2%
MO avg 49.5% . +12.8pp since 2023
Math
36.1%
MO avg 48.7% . +28.7pp since 2023

What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.

Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 2024-25
Enrollment
475
-38 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.8:1
% White
36%
was 44%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
45%
was 44%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY

Located at 900 WASHINGTON AVE, in CARUTHERSVILLE, Missouri, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is a sizable K-5 school that teaches 475 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within CARUTHERSVILLE 18. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 315.

CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by CARUTHERSVILLE 18, a district that serves 918 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY lists that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Pemiscot County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 25.4%, a gap of -24.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pemiscot County put the typical household earns roughly $40,089 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: CARUTHERSVILLE HIGH, around 0.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 44% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Pemiscot County at a glance

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Population
14,958
Census ACS
Median income
$40,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
2,865 students

Quick facts

School name
CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY
District
CARUTHERSVILLE 18
Address
900 WASHINGTON AVE, CARUTHERSVILLE, MO 63830
Phone
(573) 333-6100
County
Pemiscot County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
475
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
13.6:1
Free/Reduced lunch
475 (100%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
290747000216
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY
How large is CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY?
CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY serve?
CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY are roughly 36% White, 4% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY?
CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is overseen by CARUTHERSVILLE 18 in Pemiscot County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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