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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROLLA 31·NCES 292689001634
MARK TWAIN ELEM.
1100 MARK TWAIN DR, ROLLA, MO 65401 · (573) 458-0170 · Phelps County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
223 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 48 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 25% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Based on grade levels within ROLLA 31. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -14.3pp since 2021
Math
44.0%
MO avg 43.8% . -16.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.0% | 26.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% |
| Math | 19.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 51.8% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 54.4% |
| 2021-22 | 57.3% | 60.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 MARK TWAIN ELEM.
MARK TWAIN ELEM.'s state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARK TWAIN ELEM. this school | 440 | 50.7% | 48.0% |
| SOUTH ELEM. JACKSON | 433 | 47.1% | 45.8% |
| TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER FARMINGTON | 403 | 52.4% | N/A |
| SULLIVAN PRIMARY SULLIVAN | 453 | 53.9% | N/A |
| MERAMEC HEIGHTS ELEM. ARNOLD | 376 | 53.7% | 53.5% |
| PERRYVILLE ELEM. PERRYVILLE | 429 | 57.3% | 37.4% |
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 MARK TWAIN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Phelps County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #356 of 1,002 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #466 of 1,019 ▼ 157 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #522 of 1,018 ▼ 264 | #5 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.2pp | #17 of 943 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #277 of 1,294 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #386 of 950 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #531 of 953 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #630 of 1,165 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #526 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
440
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
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 | 440 | 35.5 | 12.4:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 33.8 | 14.1:1 | 50% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 34.8 | 13.5:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 46% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 30.8 | 15.3:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 56% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 52% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 44% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 23 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARK TWAIN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (471 to 440); teachers up 16% (30.8 to 35.5).
About MARK TWAIN ELEM.
MARK TWAIN ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school in ROLLA, Missouri. The school enrolls 440 students in pre-K through 3. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 40% above that mark.
MARK TWAIN ELEM. is one of the 6 schools that make up ROLLA 31 (4,161 students in total).
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school has 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher. That is in line with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Of all students at MARK TWAIN ELEM., 51% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Phelps County is similar, at 49%.
MARK TWAIN ELEM. is 7.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.0% versus 40.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
Looking at the county, Phelps County, the median household earns about $58,396 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting MARK TWAIN ELEM., Phelps County has 15 public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate MARK TWAIN ELEM. from the closest public school, ROLLA MIDDLE. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Ranked by average proficiency, MARK TWAIN ELEM. places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
MARK TWAIN ELEM. had 432 students in 2020-21 and 440 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to MARK TWAIN ELEM. can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Phelps County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,194
Census ACS
Median income
$58,396
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROLLA 31
- ROLLA SR. HIGHHigh · 1,398 students
- ROLLA MIDDLEMiddle · 857 students
- ROLLA JR. HIGHMiddle · 577 students
- HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM.Elementary · 448 students
- COL. JOHN B. WYMAN ELEM.Elementary · 441 students
- ROLLA TECHNICAL CTR.High
Other schools in ROLLA
- ROLLA SR. HIGHHigh · 1,398 students
- ROLLA MIDDLEMiddle · 857 students
- ROLLA JR. HIGHMiddle · 577 students
- HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM.Elementary · 448 students
- COL. JOHN B. WYMAN ELEM.Elementary · 441 students
- B W ROBINSON SCHOOLCombined · 28 students
Other MARK TWAIN Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named MARK TWAIN Elementary. MARK TWAIN ELEM. is the 14th largest of the 31.
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.HANNIBAL, MO · 376 students
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 356 students
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.WEBB CITY, MO · 186 students
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.BRENTWOOD, MO · 173 students
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.CARTHAGE, MO · 164 students
Nearby schools
- ROLLA MIDDLE0.3 mi · 857
- ROLLA JR. HIGH0.4 mi · 577
- ROLLA SR. HIGH0.8 mi · 1,398
- B W ROBINSON SCHOOL1.1 mi · 28
- HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM.1.2 mi · 448
- COL. JOHN B. WYMAN ELEM.1.3 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About MARK TWAIN ELEM.What is the total enrollment at MARK TWAIN ELEM.?
MARK TWAIN ELEM. enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-03.
Is MARK TWAIN ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARK TWAIN ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at MARK TWAIN ELEM.?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at MARK TWAIN ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARK TWAIN ELEM.?
At MARK TWAIN ELEM., the student body is approximately 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is MARK TWAIN ELEM. public or private?
MARK TWAIN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROLLA 31.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.