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Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN CO. R-I·NCES 292961002047
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.
701 N OAK ST, STOVER, MO 65078 · (573) 377-2219 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
383 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
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
Based on grade levels within MORGAN CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +25.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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
383
-49 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.8:1
% White
96%
was 94%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in STOVER, Missouri, one of the schools within MORGAN CO. R-I, with 383 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. sits 22% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 2 schools in MORGAN CO. R-I (622 students total), MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Morgan County's rate of about 72%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 64.1%.
In the broader community, census data for Morgan County shows median household income runs about $53,412, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morgan County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,885 students), of which MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: MORGAN CO. R-I HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. has decreased 11%, going from 432 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
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Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,717
Census ACS
Median income
$53,412
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MORGAN CO. R-I
- MORGAN CO. R-I HIGHHigh · 239 students
- Morgan Co. R-I Middle SchoolMiddle
Other schools in STOVER
- MORGAN CO. R-I HIGHHigh · 239 students
- Morgan Co. R-I Middle SchoolMiddle
Nearby schools
- MORGAN CO. R-I HIGH0.0 mi · 239
- MORGAN CO. HIGH7.4 mi · 377
- MORGAN CO. MIDDLE7.5 mi · 298
- MORGAN CO. ELEM.7.5 mi · 522
- COLE CAMP PRESCHOOL11.8 mi · 12
- COLE CAMP HIGH11.8 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.How large is MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.?
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. serve?
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. have?
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.?
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. reports a student body of 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM.?
MORGAN CO. R-I ELEM. is overseen by MORGAN CO. R-I in Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.