Enrollment
94
Elementary
DISTRICT 93 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I·NCES 292760001694
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.
150 N Hickory St, SCHELL CITY, MO 64783 · (417) 432-3196 · Vernon County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL94 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
67 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.→NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH
Based on grade levels within NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
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MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
67.2%
MO avg 49.5% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
MO avg 48.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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
94
-31 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 14.9:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.
As a very small primary school in SCHELL CITY, Missouri, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. caters to 94 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 70% below typical.
Across the 2 schools in NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I (186 students total), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Vernon County's rate of about 55%.
After controlling for student poverty, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Vernon County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,230, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vernon County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,938 students), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH, around 10.4 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.6%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. has declined 25%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.
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Vernon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,687
Census ACS
Median income
$52,230
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
2,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I
- NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGHHigh · 92 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH10.4 mi · 92
- EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH11.8 mi · 321
- EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE11.9 mi · 266
- EL DORADO SPRINGS ELEM.12.0 mi · 564
- HUDSON ELEM.12.1 mi · 55
- APPLETON CITY HIGH12.6 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.What is the total enrollment at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.?
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. enrolls approximately 94 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. serve?
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. have?
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the student diversity at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.?
Student demographics at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. are roughly 94% White, 5% Hispanic.
What district is NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. in?
NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. is part of NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I.
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