Enrollment
79
Elementary
DISTRICT 101 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOTER R-IV·NCES 291014000325
COOTER ELEM.
1867 State Highway E, COOTER, MO 63839 · (573) 695-4584 · Pemiscot County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL79 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
42 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
COOTER ELEM.→COOTER HIGH
Based on grade levels within COOTER R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
15.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
36.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -61.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 15 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 down about 61 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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
79
-18 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.6:1
% White
95%
was 96%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COOTER ELEM.
COOTER ELEM. is a K-5 school of one-room-style scale in COOTER, Missouri, operated by COOTER R-IV, caters to 79 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so COOTER ELEM. sits 75% smaller than that benchmark.
COOTER ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by COOTER R-IV, a district that educates 201 students overall.
In terms of who attends, COOTER ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at COOTER ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Pemiscot County's rate of about 94%.
After controlling for student poverty, COOTER ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pemiscot County) shows that median household income runs about $40,089, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which COOTER ELEM. is one.
COOTER HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COOTER ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COOTER ELEM. has ticked down 19%, going from 97 students in 2018 to 79 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the COOTER ELEM. community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Pemiscot County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Nearby schools
- COOTER HIGH0.0 mi · 122
- EAST ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 80
- SOUTH PEMISCOT HIGH2.5 mi · 263
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY2.6 mi · 235
- PEMISCOT CO. R-III ELEM.7.8 mi · 116
- ARMOREL HIGH SCHOOL8.9 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About COOTER ELEM.How large is COOTER ELEM.?
COOTER ELEM. enrolls approximately 79 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does COOTER ELEM. serve?
COOTER ELEM. serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does COOTER ELEM. have?
COOTER ELEM. employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
What is the student diversity at COOTER ELEM.?
Student demographics at COOTER ELEM. are roughly 95% White, 5% Hispanic.
What district is COOTER ELEM. in?
COOTER ELEM. is part of COOTER R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.