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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY 53·NCES 291854001007
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.
1407 NASHUA RD, LIBERTY, MO 64068 · (816) 736-5430 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Missouri public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
104 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
60.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.1pp since 2021
Math
66.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.6% | 30.4% | 27.1% | 12.8% |
| Math | 36.9% | 29.3% | 22.3% | 11.3% |
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 | 60.0% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 65.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.7% | 58.1% |
| 2021-22 | 67.1% | 62.1% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.'s state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. this school | 517 | 20.1% | 62.4% |
| COMPASS ELEMENTARY Platte City | 527 | 22.0% | 53.3% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY WENTZVILLE | 599 | 16.4% | 54.1% |
| Orchard Farm Elementary St. Charles | 557 | 21.0% | 58.0% |
| MASON ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 512 | 15.4% | 57.6% |
| WOODLAND ELEM. LEE'S SUMMIT | 423 | 17.3% | 45.7% |
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 LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #106 of 1,002 | #7 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #86 of 1,019 ▲ 2 | #6 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #154 of 1,018 ▼ 62 | #10 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #333 of 943 | #13 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #139 of 1,294 | #11 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #894 of 950 | #39 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #467 of 953 | #31 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #1,035 of 1,165 | #35 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #249 of 684 | #12 of 34 |
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
517
-73 (-12%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 20% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 35.3 | 15.3:1 | 19% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 37.1 | 15.0:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 32.5 | 19.2:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 17% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 10% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 26 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (624 to 517); teachers down 2% (32.5 to 32).
About LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is a public elementary school in LIBERTY, Missouri. The latest federal count shows 517 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students.
LIBERTY 53 has a total of 18 schools and 11,826 students, LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. among them.
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is 77% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 79% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. About 20% of students, or 104, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 35% average for public schools in Clay County.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.4% is 10.1 points above the 52.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Clay County this way: the median household income is $88,468, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Clay County has 80 public schools and roughly 41,553 students.
The closest public school to LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is WARREN HILLS ELEM., about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 62.4% is above the 44.1% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 73 students since 2020-21, to 517.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY 53
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.Elementary · 795 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
Other schools in LIBERTY
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,262 students
- LIBERTY HIGHHigh · 1,842 students
- SOUTH VALLEY MIDDLEMiddle · 809 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 678 students
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
Other LEWIS AND CLARK Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named LEWIS AND CLARK Elementary. LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 137 students
- Lewis and Clark ElementaryRuther Glen, VA · 1,009 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFargo, ND · 439 students
- Lewis and Clark Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 430 students
- LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMinot, ND · 418 students
Nearby schools
- WARREN HILLS ELEM.0.6 mi · 597
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.1.3 mi · 795
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 757
- LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,262
- LIBERTY HIGH1.6 mi · 1,842
- RIDGEVIEW ELEM.1.7 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.How large is LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.?
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. enrolls approximately 517 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. serve?
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM..
What is the student diversity at LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.?
Student demographics at LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. are roughly 77% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM.?
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEM. is overseen by LIBERTY 53 in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.