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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
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 64 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (50).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.4%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
21.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -11.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.1% | 16.3% | 41.8% | 32.6% |
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 | 25.4% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 19.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 30.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.4% | 32.5% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 LESLIE BELL ELEM.
LESLIE BELL ELEM.'s state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE BELL ELEM. this school | 339 | 61.1% | 24.0% |
| LEWIS ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR SPRINGS | 354 | 62.1% | 37.4% |
| BERNIE ELEM. BERNIE | 283 | 64.0% | 66.3% |
| HENRY ELEM. CLINTON | 365 | 61.9% | N/A |
| EAST ELEM. LAMAR | 281 | 59.8% | N/A |
| DIXON ELEM. DIXON | 383 | 58.5% | 46.5% |
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 LESLIE BELL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Lafayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #822 of 1,002 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #859 of 1,019 ▲ 20 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #859 of 1,018 ▼ 75 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #129 of 943 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #575 of 1,294 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #218 of 950 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #564 of 953 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #436 of 1,165 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #129 of 684 | N/A |
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
339
-38 (-10%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 339 | 29.5 | 11.5:1 | 61% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 30.8 | 11.8:1 | 64% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 27.8 | 14.6:1 | 59% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 56% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 61% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 64% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 50% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 47% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 31 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LESLIE BELL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (445 to 339); teachers up 5% (28 to 29.5).
About LESLIE BELL ELEM.
LESLIE BELL ELEM. runs as a mid-sized elementary school in LEXINGTON, Missouri. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 339 students.
Across its 3 schools, LEXINGTON R-V enrolls 893 students. LESLIE BELL ELEM. is one of those schools.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at LESLIE BELL ELEM.. The next largest groups are 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The diversity index for LESLIE BELL ELEM. is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LESLIE BELL ELEM. has 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. The gap from the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is 0.9 students per teacher. At LESLIE BELL ELEM., 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Lafayette County is 20 points.
LESLIE BELL ELEM. holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Missouri public elementary schools.
In Missouri, LESLIE BELL ELEM. is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.0% actual against a predicted 37.0%.
The school is in Lafayette County, where median household income comes to about $80,612, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Lafayette County counts 19 public schools with about 5,064 students.
LEXINGTON HIGH is the nearest public school to LESLIE BELL ELEM., about 0.6 miles away. LESLIE BELL ELEM. is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 36.4% proficiency; LESLIE BELL ELEM. posts 24.0%.
For locale, NCES codes LESLIE BELL ELEM. as Rural: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 339, from 377 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 11.5:1 over the same years.
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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 HIGH6.9 mi · 203
- WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM.6.9 mi · 178
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.