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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNEY R-I·NCES 291645002862
DOGWOOD ELEM.
1400 CEDAR WOOD PKWY, KEARNEY, MO 64060 · (816) 903-1400 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Missouri public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
82 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 KEARNEY R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.3pp since 2021
Math
42.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 54 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 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.4% | 29.4% | 35.2% | 10.8% |
| Math | 16.3% | 26.3% | 36.3% | 20.9% |
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 | 53.8% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.7% | 43.8% |
| 2021-22 | 46.5% | 45.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
Schools most like DOGWOOD ELEM.
DOGWOOD ELEM.'s state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOGWOOD ELEM. this school | 463 | 17.7% | 44.6% |
| SOUTHVIEW ELEM. KEARNEY | 455 | 16.7% | 65.5% |
| Horizon Elementary SMITHVILLE | 448 | 17.4% | 75.5% |
| Eagle Heights Elementary SMITHVILLE | 492 | 18.5% | 48.4% |
| SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY ASHLAND | 471 | 17.0% | N/A |
| JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER NIXA | 493 | 16.8% | 72.7% |
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 DOGWOOD ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #431 of 1,002 | #25 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #496 of 1,019 ▲ 44 | #27 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #264 of 1,018 ▲ 116 | #19 of 41 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.2pp | #426 of 943 | #18 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #222 of 1,294 | #19 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #735 of 950 | #25 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #693 of 953 | #41 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #1,051 of 1,165 | #38 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #485 of 684 | #23 of 34 |
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
463
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 463 | 32.3 | 14.3:1 | 18% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 30.9 | 14.1:1 | 19% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 31.8 | 14.6:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 34.9 | 14.5:1 | 19% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 15% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOGWOOD ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (505 to 463); teachers down 7% (34.9 to 32.3).
About DOGWOOD ELEM.
DOGWOOD ELEM. is an elementary school in KEARNEY, Missouri, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 463 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
KEARNEY R-I has 3,424 students in 9 schools, and DOGWOOD ELEM. is one of those schools.
DOGWOOD ELEM. enrolls a student body that is 89% White. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 79% White among all Clay County residents. DOGWOOD ELEM. has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
DOGWOOD ELEM. employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, lower than at this school. DOGWOOD ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 18%. The 35% average for public schools in Clay County is 17 points higher.
DOGWOOD ELEM. is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
DOGWOOD ELEM.'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% is 8.7 points below the 53.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
DOGWOOD ELEM. is located in Clay County, where median household income is about $88,468, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. DOGWOOD ELEM. is one of 80 public schools in Clay County, which together enroll about 41,553 students.
The nearest other public school, KEARNEY EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, is about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DOGWOOD ELEM. ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 463, 3% below the 475 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for DOGWOOD ELEM. covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KEARNEY R-I
- KEARNEY HIGHHigh · 814 students
- KEARNEY MIDDLEMiddle · 591 students
- KEARNEY JR. HIGHHigh · 510 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 455 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEM.Elementary · 264 students
- KEARNEY ELEM.Elementary · 223 students
Other schools in KEARNEY
- KEARNEY HIGHHigh · 814 students
- KEARNEY MIDDLEMiddle · 591 students
- KEARNEY JR. HIGHHigh · 510 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 455 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEM.Elementary · 264 students
- KEARNEY ELEM.Elementary · 223 students
Other DOGWOOD Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named DOGWOOD Elementary. DOGWOOD ELEM. is the 7th largest of the 9.
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYCAMDENTON, MO · 592 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 911 students
- Dogwood ElementaryReston, VA · 745 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 663 students
- Dogwood ElementaryHeber, CA · 606 students
Nearby schools
- KEARNEY EARLY EDUCATION CENTER1.5 mi · 44
- KEARNEY MIDDLE1.7 mi · 591
- KEARNEY ELEM.1.8 mi · 223
- HAWTHORNE ELEM.2.4 mi · 264
- KEARNEY HIGH2.9 mi · 814
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.3.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About DOGWOOD ELEM.How large is DOGWOOD ELEM.?
DOGWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does DOGWOOD ELEM. serve?
DOGWOOD ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOGWOOD ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOGWOOD ELEM. is approximately 14.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DOGWOOD ELEM.?
DOGWOOD ELEM. reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees DOGWOOD ELEM.?
DOGWOOD ELEM. is overseen by KEARNEY R-I in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.