Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOSEPH·NCES 292706001652
FIELD ELEM.
2602 GENE FIELD, ST JOSEPH, MO 64506 · (816) 671-4130 · Buchanan County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
176 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
89.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -15.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% 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 26 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
336
-8 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.5:1
% White
62%
was 77%
% Hispanic
12%
was 7%
% Black
4%
was 2%
% Asian
5%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FIELD ELEM.
FIELD ELEM. is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, operated by ST. JOSEPH, with 336 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.
Within ST. JOSEPH, which oversees 22 schools and 10,430 students, FIELD ELEM. is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, FIELD ELEM. logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, FIELD ELEM. reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at FIELD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Buchanan County (around 69%), the school's rate is south of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, FIELD ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.3%; FIELD ELEM. posts 76.3%, +26.1 points above that line.
Across the wider county, census data for Buchanan County shows median household income runs about $62,158, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Buchanan County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students), of which FIELD ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: COLEMAN ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FIELD ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.
FIELD ELEM. operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. FIELD ELEM.'s enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 336). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 62%.
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Buchanan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,568
Census ACS
Median income
$62,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
11,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. JOSEPH
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,733 students
- BENTON HIGHHigh · 682 students
- LAFAYETTE HIGHHigh · 644 students
- CARDEN PARK ELEMElementary · 638 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMElementary · 502 students
- BODE MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
Other schools in ST JOSEPH
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,733 students
- BENTON HIGHHigh · 682 students
- LAFAYETTE HIGHHigh · 644 students
- BODE MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- TRUMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 486 students
- PARKWAY ELEM.Elementary · 438 students
Nearby schools
- COLEMAN ELEM.0.9 mi · 388
- LINDBERGH ELEM.1.1 mi · 431
- ROBIDOUX MIDDLE1.2 mi · 405
- BODE MIDDLE1.2 mi · 488
- EDISON ELEM.1.4 mi · 362
- LAFAYETTE HIGH1.5 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About FIELD ELEM.How many students attend FIELD ELEM.?
FIELD ELEM. enrolls approximately 336 students in grades KG-06.
Is FIELD ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
FIELD ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at FIELD ELEM.?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at FIELD ELEM..
How diverse is FIELD ELEM.?
FIELD ELEM. reports a student body of 62% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is FIELD ELEM. in?
FIELD ELEM. is part of ST. JOSEPH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.