Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD R-IV·NCES 291332000565
GREENFIELD ELEM.
409 MONTGOMERY, GREENFIELD, MO 65661 · (417) 637-5921 · Dade County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
120 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
GREENFIELD ELEM.→GREENFIELD HIGH
Based on grade levels within GREENFIELD R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
61.8%
MO avg 49.5% . +22.1pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
MO avg 48.7% . +26.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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
235
-17 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.4:1
% White
94%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GREENFIELD ELEM.
Set in GREENFIELD, Missouri, GREENFIELD ELEM. is a close-knit elementary campus, overseen by GREENFIELD R-IV. It works with 235 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 25% below typical.
GREENFIELD R-IV runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 395 students. GREENFIELD ELEM. is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, GREENFIELD ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder consists of 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GREENFIELD ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 55.2%.
In the broader community, census data for Dade County shows median household income runs about $53,750, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. GREENFIELD ELEM. is one of 10 public schools in Dade County (combined enrollment of about 1,061 students).
Nearest neighbor: GREENFIELD HIGH, around 0.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GREENFIELD ELEM. at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GREENFIELD ELEM. has decreased 7%, going from 252 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.
On the community side, members of the GREENFIELD ELEM. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,641
Census ACS
Median income
$53,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,061 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- GREENFIELD HIGH0.3 mi · 160
- LOCKWOOD ELEM.6.6 mi · 142
- LOCKWOOD HIGH6.9 mi · 102
- LOCKWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 60
- EVERTON HIGH9.0 mi · 72
- EVERTON ELEM.9.0 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About GREENFIELD ELEM.How large is GREENFIELD ELEM.?
GREENFIELD ELEM. enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does GREENFIELD ELEM. serve?
GREENFIELD ELEM. serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at GREENFIELD ELEM.?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at GREENFIELD ELEM..
What is the student diversity at GREENFIELD ELEM.?
Student demographics at GREENFIELD ELEM. are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is GREENFIELD ELEM. in?
GREENFIELD ELEM. is part of GREENFIELD R-IV.
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