Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 202 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON R-II·NCES 291359000579
HAMILTON ELEM.
7650 NW HARLEY ROAD, HAMILTON, MO 64644 · (816) 583-4811 · Caldwell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
145 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Based on grade levels within HAMILTON R-II. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +21.1pp since 2023
Math
3.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
270
-24 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.2:1
% White
94%
was 97%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HAMILTON ELEM.
As an average-sized K-5 school in HAMILTON, Missouri, HAMILTON ELEM. enrolls 270 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by HAMILTON R-II.
HAMILTON R-II runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 606 students. HAMILTON ELEM. is one of those campuses.
On demographics, HAMILTON ELEM. records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at HAMILTON ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, HAMILTON ELEM. falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 17.6%, -32.6 points off the demographic line.
In the broader community, Caldwell County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,806, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Caldwell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,441 students), of which HAMILTON ELEM. is one.
PENNEY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMILTON ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAMILTON ELEM. has fell 8%, going from 294 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.
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Caldwell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,927
Census ACS
Median income
$64,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
1,441 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAMILTON R-II
- PENNEY HIGHHigh · 186 students
- HAMILTON MIDDLEMiddle · 150 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- PENNEY HIGHHigh · 186 students
- HAMILTON MIDDLEMiddle · 150 students
- NEW YORK ELEM.Elementary · 24 students
Nearby schools
- PENNEY HIGH0.2 mi · 186
- HAMILTON MIDDLE0.2 mi · 150
- NEW YORK ELEM.6.2 mi · 24
- KINGSTON ELEM.7.7 mi · 32
- BRECKENRIDGE ELEM.10.4 mi · 33
- BRECKENRIDGE HIGH10.4 mi · 30
Frequently asked questions
About HAMILTON ELEM.How large is HAMILTON ELEM.?
HAMILTON ELEM. enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is HAMILTON ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAMILTON ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAMILTON ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAMILTON ELEM. is approximately 9.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAMILTON ELEM.?
At HAMILTON ELEM., the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HAMILTON ELEM.?
HAMILTON ELEM. is overseen by HAMILTON R-II in Caldwell County.
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