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Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230002593
LONE DELL ELEM.
2500 TOMAHAWK RD, ARNOLD, MO 63010 · (636) 282-1470 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
147 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
58.4%
MO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
61.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.1% | 31.3% | 28.1% | 13.2% |
| Math | 34.5% | 26.5% | 23.4% | 15.4% |
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 | 58.4% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 48.3% |
| 2022-23 | 50.1% | 45.6% |
| 2021-22 | 54.1% | 49.3% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 LONE DELL ELEM.
LONE DELL ELEM.'s state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONE DELL ELEM. this school | 381 | 38.6% | 52.4% |
| CENTRAL ELEM. PIERCE CITY | 341 | 41.6% | 44.5% |
| Washington West Elementary Washington | 399 | 41.4% | 46.1% |
| HARRISONVILLE ELEM. HARRISONVILLE | 427 | 40.3% | 34.0% |
| OAK GROVE ELEM. OAK GROVE | 445 | 39.6% | 41.7% |
| ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM. ARNOLD | 386 | 33.2% | 50.2% |
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 LONE DELL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #259 of 1,002 | #11 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #150 of 1,019 ▲ 216 | #7 of 27 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #180 of 1,018 ▲ 177 | #7 of 27 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #162 of 943 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #454 of 1,294 | #20 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #156 of 950 | #12 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #591 of 953 | #8 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #831 of 1,165 | #22 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #274 of 684 | #12 of 25 |
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
381
-38 (-9%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 381 | 34.1 | 11.2:1 | 39% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 36.2 | 11.1:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 36.4 | 11.6:1 | 32% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 34% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 35.8 | 12.7:1 | 33% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 29% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 26% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONE DELL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (454 to 381); teachers down 5% (35.8 to 34.1).
About LONE DELL ELEM.
LONE DELL ELEM., located in ARNOLD, Missouri, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 381 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Missouri) has about 315 students.
The district for LONE DELL ELEM. is FOX C-6, with 18 schools and 10,258 students.
At LONE DELL ELEM., White students make up 86% of the student body. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. LONE DELL ELEM. has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at LONE DELL ELEM. in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 39%. That is close to the 38% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
In Missouri, LONE DELL ELEM. is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.4% actual against a predicted 45.4%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, median household income is about $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. LONE DELL ELEM. is among the 69 public schools in Jefferson County.
SHERWOOD ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, LONE DELL ELEM. ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 419 in 2020-21 and 381 in 2024-25, a decrease of 38 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 11.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
Other schools in ARNOLD
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.Elementary · 410 students
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 386 students
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.Elementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- SHERWOOD ELEM.1.1 mi · 347
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.1.2 mi · 410
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLE1.7 mi · 567
- MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM.2.1 mi · 376
- SECKMAN MIDDLE2.4 mi · 687
- SECKMAN ELEM.2.5 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About LONE DELL ELEM.How large is LONE DELL ELEM.?
LONE DELL ELEM. enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LONE DELL ELEM. serve?
LONE DELL ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LONE DELL ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LONE DELL ELEM. is approximately 11.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LONE DELL ELEM.?
At LONE DELL ELEM., the student body is approximately 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LONE DELL ELEM.?
LONE DELL ELEM. is overseen by FOX C-6 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.