Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLE CO. R-I·NCES 292697001638
COLE CO. R-I ELEM.
13111 PARK ST, RUSSELLVILLE, MO 65074 · (573) 782-4814 · Cole County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
89 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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
COLE CO. R-I ELEM.→RUSSELLVILLE HIGH
Based on grade levels within COLE CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -12.1pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
MO avg 48.7% . +3.0pp 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 43 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
319
+55 (+21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.4:1
% White
97%
was 97%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COLE CO. R-I ELEM.
As a reasonably sized elementary campus in RUSSELLVILLE, Missouri, COLE CO. R-I ELEM. teaches 319 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by COLE CO. R-I.
Across the 2 schools in COLE CO. R-I (604 students total), COLE CO. R-I ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, COLE CO. R-I ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cole County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, COLE CO. R-I ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -2.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, Cole County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,876, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COLE CO. R-I ELEM. is one of 28 public schools in Cole County (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students).
RUSSELLVILLE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLE CO. R-I ELEM. ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.0%.
COLE CO. R-I ELEM. operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. COLE CO. R-I ELEM.'s enrollment has expanded 21% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 319). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.
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Cole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,032
Census ACS
Median income
$74,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
10,312 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH0.5 mi · 285
- HIGH POINT ELEM.8.0 mi · 83
- EUGENE ELEM.9.6 mi · 365
- EUGENE HIGH9.6 mi · 264
- PIONEER TRAIL ELEMENTARY9.7 mi · 396
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE10.1 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About COLE CO. R-I ELEM.How large is COLE CO. R-I ELEM.?
COLE CO. R-I ELEM. enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does COLE CO. R-I ELEM. serve?
COLE CO. R-I ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at COLE CO. R-I ELEM.?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at COLE CO. R-I ELEM..
How diverse is COLE CO. R-I ELEM.?
COLE CO. R-I ELEM. reports a student body of 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees COLE CO. R-I ELEM.?
COLE CO. R-I ELEM. is overseen by COLE CO. R-I in Cole County.
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