MATTHEWS ELEM.

MATTHEWS ELEM. operates as an average-sized elementary school in GRAIN VALLEY, Missouri, run under GRAIN VALLEY R-V. Current enrollment sits at 422 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within GRAIN VALLEY R-V, which oversees 8 schools and 4,546 students, MATTHEWS ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MATTHEWS ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 10% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, MATTHEWS ELEM. reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATTHEWS ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household income runs about $68,577, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), MATTHEWS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GRAIN VALLEY HIGH, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATTHEWS ELEM. ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 70% across the same window.

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