Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIKESTON R-6·NCES 292826001739
LEE HUNTER ELEM.
315 BAKER STREET, SIKESTON, MO 63801 · (573) 472-2200 · Scott County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
369 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 SIKESTON R-6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +27.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 27 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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
369
-50 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
% White
56%
was 55%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
31%
was 34%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LEE HUNTER ELEM.
LEE HUNTER ELEM. operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in SIKESTON, Missouri, run under SIKESTON R-6. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades 1 through 4.
Within SIKESTON R-6, which oversees 7 schools and 3,277 students, LEE HUNTER ELEM. is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LEE HUNTER ELEM. lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 31% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LEE HUNTER ELEM. has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting LEE HUNTER ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at LEE HUNTER ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Scott County's rate of about 78%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEE HUNTER ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 54.0%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household earnings sit near $62,782, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Scott County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students), of which LEE HUNTER ELEM. is one.
SIKESTON HOPE CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LEE HUNTER ELEM. comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,933
Census ACS
Median income
$62,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,999 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SIKESTON R-6
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 493 students
- SIKESTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 448 students
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.Elementary · 403 students
- WING ELEM.Elementary · 359 students
- SOUTHEAST ELEM.Elementary · 250 students
Other schools in SIKESTON
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 493 students
- SIKESTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 448 students
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.Elementary · 403 students
- WING ELEM.Elementary · 359 students
- SOUTHEAST ELEM.Elementary · 250 students
Nearby schools
- SIKESTON HOPE CTR.0.4 mi · 11
- SIKESTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 448
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.1.1 mi · 403
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 955
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 493
- WING ELEM.2.0 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About LEE HUNTER ELEM.How large is LEE HUNTER ELEM.?
LEE HUNTER ELEM. enrolls approximately 369 students in grades 01-04.
What age range does LEE HUNTER ELEM. serve?
LEE HUNTER ELEM. serves students from grade 01 through grade 04.
How many teachers does LEE HUNTER ELEM. have?
LEE HUNTER ELEM. employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEE HUNTER ELEM.?
At LEE HUNTER ELEM., the student body is approximately 56% White, 3% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is LEE HUNTER ELEM. public or private?
LEE HUNTER ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by SIKESTON R-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.