Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JASPER CO. R-V·NCES 291614000744
JASPER CO. ELEM.
201 W MERCER ST, JASPER, MO 64755 · (417) 394-2301 · Jasper County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
114 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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
JASPER CO. ELEM.→Jasper Co. High School
Based on grade levels within JASPER CO. R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
51.3%
MO avg 49.5% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
23.5%
MO avg 48.7% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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
241
-27 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.7:1
% White
93%
was 93%
% Hispanic
3%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JASPER CO. ELEM.
As a close-knit primary school in JASPER, Missouri, JASPER CO. ELEM. teaches 241 students from grades K through 6, operated by JASPER CO. R-V. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Across the 2 schools in JASPER CO. R-V (454 students total), JASPER CO. ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, JASPER CO. ELEM. lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, JASPER CO. ELEM. records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jasper County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JASPER CO. ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of -1.8 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jasper County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,694 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JASPER CO. ELEM. is one of 49 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students).
Jasper Co. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JASPER CO. ELEM. at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.1%.
JASPER CO. ELEM. operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. JASPER CO. ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 241). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,357
Census ACS
Median income
$60,694
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
21,177 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Jasper Co. High School0.0 mi · 213
- EAST ELEM.11.0 mi · 281
- LAMAR ELEM.11.1 mi · 253
- LAMAR MIDDLE11.1 mi · 255
- LAMAR HIGH11.2 mi · 369
- CARTHAGE 6TH GRADE CENTER11.5 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About JASPER CO. ELEM.How many students attend JASPER CO. ELEM.?
JASPER CO. ELEM. enrolls approximately 241 students in grades KG-06.
Is JASPER CO. ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
JASPER CO. ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at JASPER CO. ELEM.?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at JASPER CO. ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at JASPER CO. ELEM.?
At JASPER CO. ELEM., the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JASPER CO. ELEM. public or private?
JASPER CO. ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JASPER CO. R-V.
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