Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST PLATTE CO. R-II·NCES 293171002218
CENTRAL ELEM.
1025 WASHINGTON ST, WESTON, MO 64098 · (816) 640-2811 · Platte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
64 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 54 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Based on grade levels within WEST PLATTE CO. R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.3%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
67.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.4% | 28.9% | 23.6% | 7.8% |
| Math | 34.2% | 32.8% | 24.3% | 8.5% |
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 | 68.3% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 75.6% |
| 2022-23 | 67.8% | 63.1% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 61.5% |
% 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
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 17 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 CENTRAL ELEM.
CENTRAL ELEM.'s state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ELEM. this school | 354 | 18.1% | 70.4% |
| Maple Elementary SMITHVILLE | 358 | 20.1% | 57.6% |
| BRIDLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY RAYMORE | 383 | 22.2% | 44.6% |
| LONE JACK ELEM. LONE JACK | 333 | 12.6% | 37.1% |
| PLEASANT HILL ELEM. PLEASANT HILL | 306 | 21.2% | 45.0% |
| BLEVINS ELEM. EUREKA | 376 | 12.5% | 53.9% |
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 CENTRAL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Platte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #40 of 1,002 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #79 of 1,019 ▼ 59 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #56 of 1,018 ▲ 14 | #1 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.7pp | #297 of 943 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #532 of 1,294 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #213 of 950 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #669 of 953 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #1,048 of 1,165 | #18 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #472 of 684 | #10 of 13 |
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
354
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 354 | 30.9 | 11.5:1 | 18% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 31.4 | 11.6:1 | 19% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 30.2 | 12.5:1 | 17% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 35 | 10.5:1 | 22% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 33.9 | 11.4:1 | 20% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 324 | 33 | 9.8:1 | 23% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 26% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 21% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 29 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (388 to 354); teachers down 9% (33.9 to 30.9).
About CENTRAL ELEM.
CENTRAL ELEM. is an elementary school in WESTON, Missouri, and it is part of WEST PLATTE CO. R-II. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 354 students on the rolls.
WEST PLATTE CO. R-II is responsible for 3 schools, CENTRAL ELEM. included, with 745 students in all.
CENTRAL ELEM. is 89% White by enrollment. Next come 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 79% White among all Platte County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
There are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at CENTRAL ELEM., giving a ratio of 11.5:1. Elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. A total of 64 students, or 18%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Platte County average 27%.
CENTRAL ELEM. earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Missouri public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, CENTRAL ELEM. is in the top 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.4% is 17.3 points above the 53.1% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Platte County show that median household income comes to about $96,227, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Platte County counts 37 public schools with about 17,612 students.
WEST PLATTE MIDDLE sits less than a tenth of a mile from CENTRAL ELEM.. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, CENTRAL ELEM. is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies CENTRAL ELEM.'s location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 4% across 4 years, from 369 in 2020-21 to 354 in 2024-25.
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Platte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,371
Census ACS
Median income
$96,227
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,612 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST PLATTE CO. R-II
- WEST PLATTE HIGHHigh · 221 students
- WEST PLATTE MIDDLEMiddle · 170 students
Other schools in WESTON
- WEST PLATTE HIGHHigh · 221 students
- WEST PLATTE MIDDLEMiddle · 170 students
Other CENTRAL Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named CENTRAL Elementary. CENTRAL ELEM. is the 81st largest of the 152.
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.UNION, MO · 643 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.PARK HILLS, MO · 530 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.DEXTER, MO · 447 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.PIERCE CITY, MO · 341 students
Nearby schools
- WEST PLATTE MIDDLE0.1 mi · 170
- WEST PLATTE HIGH0.1 mi · 221
- Patton Jr High5.4 mi · 389
- MacArthur Elem5.5 mi · 424
- Eisenhower Elem5.6 mi · 317
- Bradley Elem5.9 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL ELEM.How many students attend CENTRAL ELEM.?
CENTRAL ELEM. enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
Is CENTRAL ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CENTRAL ELEM. have?
CENTRAL ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL ELEM.?
Student demographics at CENTRAL ELEM. are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL ELEM. public or private?
CENTRAL ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST PLATTE CO. R-II.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.