Enrollment
47
Elementary
DISTRICT 46 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MACON CO. R-IV·NCES 292188001220
MACON CO. ELEM.
501 S MAIN, NEW CAMBRIA, MO 63558 · (660) 226-5615 · Macon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL47 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
5.2:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
25 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
MACON CO. ELEM.→MACON CO. HIGH
Based on grade levels within MACON CO. R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
12.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -36.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 36 points since 2023, while math scores are down 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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
47
-5 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
5.2:1
was 5.8:1
% White
94%
was 98%
% Black
0%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MACON CO. ELEM.
MACON CO. ELEM. is one of the very small elementary schools in NEW CAMBRIA, Missouri, operated by MACON CO. R-IV, with 47 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MACON CO. ELEM. sits 85% below that benchmark.
Within MACON CO. R-IV, which oversees 2 schools and 91 students, MACON CO. ELEM. is one campus in the system.
On demographics, MACON CO. ELEM. records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Macon County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MACON CO. ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at MACON CO. ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MACON CO. ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -14.5 points.
In the area at large, Macon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,357 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MACON CO. ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Macon County (combined enrollment of about 2,015 students).
MACON CO. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MACON CO. ELEM. at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.6%.
MACON CO. ELEM. operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MACON CO. ELEM. has fell 10%, going from 52 students in 2018 to 47 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 94% across the same window.
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Macon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,163
Census ACS
Median income
$62,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- MACON CO. HIGH0.0 mi · 44
- CALLAO ELEM.6.6 mi · 35
- BUCKLIN ELEM.7.0 mi · 64
- BUCKLIN HIGH7.0 mi · 45
- BEVIER ELEM.10.0 mi · 159
- BEVIER HIGH10.0 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About MACON CO. ELEM.What is the total enrollment at MACON CO. ELEM.?
MACON CO. ELEM. enrolls approximately 47 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MACON CO. ELEM. serve?
MACON CO. ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MACON CO. ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MACON CO. ELEM. is approximately 5.2:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MACON CO. ELEM.?
Student demographics at MACON CO. ELEM. are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MACON CO. ELEM. public or private?
MACON CO. ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by MACON CO. R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.