Enrollment
115
Elementary
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIDEON 37·NCES 291278000534
GIDEON ELEM.
400 MAIN, GIDEON, MO 63848 · (573) 448-3447 · New Madrid County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
115 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
GIDEON ELEM.→GIDEON HIGH
Based on grade levels within GIDEON 37. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
82.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +46.9pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -66.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 47 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 66 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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
115
-26 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 10.5:1
% White
97%
was 97%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GIDEON ELEM.
GIDEON ELEM. is a tiny elementary-level community in GIDEON, Missouri, run under GIDEON 37. The school teaches 115 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 315.
Within GIDEON 37, which oversees 2 schools and 217 students, GIDEON ELEM. is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GIDEON ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). By comparison, New Madrid County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, GIDEON ELEM. shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, GIDEON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +8.7 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (New Madrid County) records that median household earnings sit near $51,881, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. GIDEON ELEM. is one of 14 public schools in New Madrid County (combined enrollment of about 2,664 students).
GIDEON HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GIDEON ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.0%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. GIDEON ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 141 (now 115). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.
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New Madrid County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,731
Census ACS
Median income
$51,881
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,664 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- GIDEON HIGH0.1 mi · 102
- CLARKTON ELEM.2.6 mi · 143
- CLARKTON HIGH2.6 mi · 135
- BOOTHEEL SCHOOL2.7 mi · 26
- HOLCOMB HIGH6.6 mi · 194
- HOLCOMB ELEM.6.7 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About GIDEON ELEM.How large is GIDEON ELEM.?
GIDEON ELEM. enrolls approximately 115 students in grades PK-06.
Is GIDEON ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
GIDEON ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GIDEON ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GIDEON ELEM. is approximately 8.5:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GIDEON ELEM.?
At GIDEON ELEM., the student body is approximately 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is GIDEON ELEM. public or private?
GIDEON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by GIDEON 37.
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