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What's the one class at LESLIE BELL ELEM. every student should take?
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Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON R-V·NCES 291848000998
LESLIE BELL ELEM.
400 S 20TH ST, LEXINGTON, MO 64067 · (660) 259-4341 · Lafayette County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
207 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
LESLIE BELL ELEM.→LEXINGTON MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within LEXINGTON R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
85.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +33.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 33 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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
339
-106 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 15.9:1
% White
84%
was 82%
% Hispanic
7%
was 8%
% Black
2%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LESLIE BELL ELEM.
LESLIE BELL ELEM., a mid-tier elementary-level community in LEXINGTON, Missouri, overseen by LEXINGTON R-V, enrolls 339 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.
LESLIE BELL ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by LEXINGTON R-V, a district that works with 893 students overall.
In terms of who attends, LESLIE BELL ELEM. lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black.
On the resource side, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting LESLIE BELL ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at LESLIE BELL ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lafayette County (around 41%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LESLIE BELL ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +11.6 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Lafayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,612 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. LESLIE BELL ELEM. is one of 19 public schools in Lafayette County (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students).
Nearest neighbor: LEXINGTON HIGH, around 0.6 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LESLIE BELL ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.
LESLIE BELL ELEM. operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LESLIE BELL ELEM. has shrank 24%, going from 445 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.
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Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,612
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,064 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEXINGTON R-V
- LEXINGTON HIGHHigh · 310 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLEMiddle · 244 students
- LEX LA-RAY TECHNICAL CTR.High
Other schools in LEXINGTON
- LEXINGTON HIGHHigh · 310 students
- LEXINGTON MIDDLEMiddle · 244 students
- LEX LA-RAY TECHNICAL CTR.High
Nearby schools
- LEXINGTON HIGH0.6 mi · 310
- LEXINGTON MIDDLE0.7 mi · 244
- HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH6.5 mi · 95
- HARDIN-CENTRAL ELEM.6.5 mi · 110
- WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM.6.9 mi · 178
- WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON HIGH6.9 mi · 203
Frequently asked questions
About LESLIE BELL ELEM.What is the total enrollment at LESLIE BELL ELEM.?
LESLIE BELL ELEM. enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does LESLIE BELL ELEM. serve?
LESLIE BELL ELEM. serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LESLIE BELL ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LESLIE BELL ELEM. is approximately 11.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LESLIE BELL ELEM.?
Student demographics at LESLIE BELL ELEM. are roughly 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is LESLIE BELL ELEM. in?
LESLIE BELL ELEM. is part of LEXINGTON R-V.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.