NEELYVILLE ELEM.
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Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NEELYVILLE ELEM.
Located at 289 BROADWAY ST, in NEELYVILLE, Missouri, NEELYVILLE ELEM. is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that works with 188 students (grades 3 through 6), part of NEELYVILLE R-IV. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Within NEELYVILLE R-IV, which oversees 3 schools and 633 students, NEELYVILLE ELEM. is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, NEELYVILLE ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, On paper, NEELYVILLE ELEM. has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at NEELYVILLE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, NEELYVILLE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 61.9%, a residual of +11.9 points.
Around the school, Butler County reports that median household earnings sit near $49,089, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Butler County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students), NEELYVILLE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: NEELYVILLE HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 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 NEELYVILLE ELEM. at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 37.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Five-year trend. NEELYVILLE ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 188). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 6% to 0%.
On the community side, the feed for NEELYVILLE ELEM. typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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