Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOPLIN SCHOOLS·NCES 291635000780
KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.
1323 E 28TH ST, JOPLIN, MO 64802 · (417) 625-5360 · Jasper County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
191 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2021
Math
44.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 27.5% | 39.1% | 14.4% |
| Math | 16.6% | 28.2% | 28.9% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 48.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 45.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Schools most like KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.
KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.'s state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. this school | 300 | 63.7% | 40.9% |
| DELAWARE ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 347 | 62.0% | 28.8% |
| BUSH ELEM. FULTON | 312 | 61.5% | 28.1% |
| JEFFRIES ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 405 | 64.9% | 38.5% |
| PITTMAN ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 235 | 60.9% | 40.8% |
| WEBSTER PRIMARY CTR. WEBB CITY | 356 | 61.8% | N/A |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jasper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #510 of 1,002 | #12 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #446 of 1,019 ▲ 140 | #11 of 23 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #426 of 1,018 ▲ 94 | #9 of 23 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #398 of 943 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #696 of 1,294 | #15 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #764 of 950 | #19 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #216 of 953 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #394 of 1,165 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #573 of 684 | #15 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
300
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 289
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 300 | 20.7 | 14.5:1 | 64% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 20.2 | 14.0:1 | 60% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 19.7 | 15.3:1 | 58% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 17.5 | 18.0:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 50% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 49% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 18 | 15.9:1 | 33% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 289 | 14 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KELSEY NORMAN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (315 to 300); teachers up 18% (17.5 to 20.7).
About KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.
Federal records list KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. as an elementary school in JOPLIN, Missouri. The school reports 300 students in kindergarten through 5.
JOPLIN SCHOOLS is the district for KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.. It has 15 schools and 7,873 students.
A majority of students at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM., 61%, are White. Other reported shares: 17% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. Jasper County's residents are about 83% White, 22 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The teaching staff at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. is 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, lower than at this school. About 64% of students, or 191, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. a B. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. would score about 36.0%. It scores 40.9%, 4.8 points above that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jasper County show that median household income is about $60,694, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. is one of 49 public schools in Jasper County, which together enroll about 21,177 students.
Of nearby public schools, JOPLIN HIGH is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. ranks 6th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 289 in 2020-21 and 300 in 2024-25, a 4% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in JOPLIN SCHOOLS
- JOPLIN HIGHHigh · 2,288 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 596 students
- EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 592 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 549 students
- CECIL FLOYD ELEM.Elementary · 532 students
- IRVING ELEMENTARYElementary · 434 students
Other schools in JOPLIN
- JOPLIN HIGHHigh · 2,288 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 596 students
- EAST MIDDLEMiddle · 592 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 549 students
- CECIL FLOYD ELEM.Elementary · 532 students
- IRVING ELEMENTARYElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- JOPLIN HIGH0.7 mi · 2,288
- STAPLETON ELEM.1.3 mi · 400
- EASTMORLAND ELEM.1.7 mi · 245
- IRVING ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 434
- JOPLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.1.7 mi · 311
- MCKINLEY ELEM.1.8 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.How large is KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.?
KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. enrolls approximately 300 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. serve?
KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. is approximately 14.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.?
Student demographics at KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. are roughly 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. public or private?
KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by JOPLIN SCHOOLS.
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