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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON R-I·NCES 291484000685
HOUSTON ELEM.
206 W SPRUCE ST, HOUSTON, MO 65483 · (417) 967-3024 · Texas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
443 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 HOUSTON R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
70.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +38.0pp since 2023
Math
96.1%
MO avg 48.7% . +26.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 38 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 26 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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
443
-16 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.7:1
% White
93%
was 93%
% Hispanic
3%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HOUSTON ELEM.
HOUSTON ELEM., a middle-of-the-pack primary school in HOUSTON, Missouri, overseen by HOUSTON R-I, serves 443 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so HOUSTON ELEM. sits 41% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 4 schools in HOUSTON R-I (1,040 students total), HOUSTON ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, HOUSTON ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Texas County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, HOUSTON ELEM. has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at HOUSTON ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Texas County (around 89%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HOUSTON 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 59.5%, a residual of +10.1 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Texas County indicate median household income runs about $50,036, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. HOUSTON ELEM. is one of 16 public schools in Texas County (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students).
The closest other public school is HOUSTON HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around HOUSTON ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOUSTON ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 45.8%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOUSTON ELEM. has shrank 3%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.
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Texas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,161
Census ACS
Median income
$50,036
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON R-I
- HOUSTON HIGHHigh · 359 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLEMiddle · 198 students
- EXCEPTIONAL CHILD COOP.Combined · 40 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- HOUSTON HIGHHigh · 359 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLEMiddle · 198 students
- EXCEPTIONAL CHILD COOP.Combined · 40 students
Nearby schools
- HOUSTON HIGH0.1 mi · 359
- HOUSTON MIDDLE0.1 mi · 198
- EXCEPTIONAL CHILD COOP.0.3 mi · 40
- RAYMONDVILLE ELEM.6.9 mi · 122
- SUCCESS ELEM.9.7 mi · 111
- LICKING ELEM.12.8 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About HOUSTON ELEM.How large is HOUSTON ELEM.?
HOUSTON ELEM. enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HOUSTON ELEM. serve?
HOUSTON ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does HOUSTON ELEM. have?
HOUSTON ELEM. employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOUSTON ELEM.?
At HOUSTON ELEM., the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is HOUSTON ELEM. public or private?
HOUSTON ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON R-I.
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