Enrollment
126
Elementary
DISTRICT 153 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWOOD R-I·NCES 292295001312
NORWOOD ELEM.
675 N HAWK AVE, NORWOOD, MO 65717 · (417) 746-4101 · Wright County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL126 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
71 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
NORWOOD ELEM.→NORWOOD HIGH
Based on grade levels within NORWOOD R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -39.3pp since 2023
Math
41.6%
MO avg 48.7% . -11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 39 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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
126
-39 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 10.4:1
% White
95%
was 95%
% Hispanic
0%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORWOOD ELEM.
Located at 675 N HAWK AVE, in NORWOOD, Missouri, NORWOOD ELEM. is a small K-5 school that teaches 126 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of NORWOOD R-I. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 315.
NORWOOD R-I runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 305 students. NORWOOD ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Demographically, NORWOOD ELEM. shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting NORWOOD ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, NORWOOD ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +2.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Wright County shows median household income runs about $47,909, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wright County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,155 students), of which NORWOOD ELEM. is one.
NORWOOD HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, NORWOOD ELEM. comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 165 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.
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Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,965
Census ACS
Median income
$47,909
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,155 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORWOOD
- NORWOOD HIGHHigh · 179 students
- SKYLINE ELEM.Elementary · 88 students
Nearby schools
- NORWOOD HIGH0.0 mi · 179
- OZARK REGIONAL JUVENILE DET CT7.4 mi · 6
- SKYVIEW SCHOOL8.2 mi · 5
- MOUNTAIN GROVE HIGH8.7 mi · 455
- MOUNTAIN GROVE ELEM.8.8 mi · 658
- MOUNTAIN GROVE MIDDLE9.0 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About NORWOOD ELEM.How large is NORWOOD ELEM.?
NORWOOD ELEM. enrolls approximately 126 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does NORWOOD ELEM. serve?
NORWOOD ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at NORWOOD ELEM.?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at NORWOOD ELEM..
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORWOOD ELEM.?
At NORWOOD ELEM., the student body is approximately 95% White, 5% Two or more.
Is NORWOOD ELEM. public or private?
NORWOOD ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORWOOD R-I.
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