Enrollment
48
Elementary
DISTRICT 53 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUTIE R-VI·NCES 292340001349
LUTIE ELEM.
5802 US HWY 160, THEODOSIA, MO 65761 · (417) 273-4274 · Ozark County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL48 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
4.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 4.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
48 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
LUTIE ELEM.→LUTIE HIGH
Based on grade levels within LUTIE R-VI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
MO avg 49.5%
Math
14.0%
MO avg 48.7%
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49.
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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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
48
-22 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
4.0:1
was 5.9:1
% White
96%
was 90%
% Hispanic
0%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LUTIE ELEM.
LUTIE ELEM. operates as an one-room-style primary school in THEODOSIA, Missouri, operated by LUTIE R-VI. Current enrollment sits at 48 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 85% below the state mean of about 315.
Across the 2 schools in LUTIE R-VI (106 students total), LUTIE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, LUTIE ELEM. lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, LUTIE ELEM. has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LUTIE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Ozark County's rate of about 69%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LUTIE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -15.4 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Ozark County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $44,163 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Ozark County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,458 students), LUTIE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LUTIE HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LUTIE ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 70 students in 2018 compared to 48 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 90% to 96% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 5.9:1 in 2018 to 4.0:1 in 2025.
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Ozark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,873
Census ACS
Median income
$44,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- LUTIE HIGH0.0 mi · 58
- THORNFIELD ELEM.8.9 mi · 48
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.9.7 mi · 62
- GAINESVILLE ELEM.15.1 mi · 292
- GAINESVILLE PRESCHOOL15.2 mi · 26
- GAINESVILLE HIGH15.2 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About LUTIE ELEM.What is the total enrollment at LUTIE ELEM.?
LUTIE ELEM. enrolls approximately 48 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does LUTIE ELEM. serve?
LUTIE ELEM. serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does LUTIE ELEM. have?
LUTIE ELEM. employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.0:1.
How diverse is LUTIE ELEM.?
LUTIE ELEM. reports a student body of 96% White, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LUTIE ELEM.?
LUTIE ELEM. is overseen by LUTIE R-VI in Ozark County.
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