Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN RIVERS R-X·NCES 293052002093
FISK ELEMENTARY
301 MCKINLEY ST, FISK, MO 63940 · (573) 967-3607 · Butler County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
222 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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
FISK ELEMENTARY→TWIN RIVERS HIGH
Based on grade levels within TWIN RIVERS R-X. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
MO avg 49.5% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
33.2%
MO avg 48.7% . +14.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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
309
-34 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.3:1
% White
88%
was 99%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FISK ELEMENTARY
Set in FISK, Missouri, FISK ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school, part of TWIN RIVERS R-X. It educates 309 students across grades pre-K through 8.
Within TWIN RIVERS R-X, which oversees 4 schools and 796 students, FISK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
Demographically, FISK ELEMENTARY logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Butler County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting FISK ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at FISK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FISK ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.
In the broader community, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $49,089, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Butler County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students), FISK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LAKE ROAD ELEM., around 6.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, FISK ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. FISK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 309). The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,020
Census ACS
Median income
$49,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
6,435 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TWIN RIVERS R-X
- TWIN RIVERS HIGHHigh · 250 students
- QULIN MIDDLEMiddle · 129 students
- QULIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 108 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE ROAD ELEM.6.8 mi · 300
- TWIN RIVERS HIGH7.6 mi · 250
- EUGENE FIELD ELEM.10.9 mi · 227
- POPLAR BLUFF JR. HIGH11.1 mi · 735
- POPLAR BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL11.2 mi · 932
- O'NEAL ELEM.11.5 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About FISK ELEMENTARYHow large is FISK ELEMENTARY?
FISK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does FISK ELEMENTARY serve?
FISK ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FISK ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at FISK ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is FISK ELEMENTARY?
FISK ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is FISK ELEMENTARY public or private?
FISK ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by TWIN RIVERS R-X.
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