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What's one thing PERRYVILLE ELEM. gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRY CO. 32·NCES 292453002386
PERRYVILLE ELEM.
326 COLLEGE ST, PERRYVILLE, MO 63775 · (573) 547-7500 · Perry County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
246 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 151 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 30% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
PERRYVILLE ELEM.→PERRY CO. MIDDLE
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PERRY CO. 32. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
MO avg 49.5% . +34.8pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
MO avg 48.7% . +21.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 57 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 35 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 57.4% |
Growth Percentile vs Peers, all students and all tested grades.
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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 →
Where PERRYVILLE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #284 of 968 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #100 of 974 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #388 of 974 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #301 of 1,294 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #340 of 950 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #597 of 953 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.1% | #18 of 684 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
429
-352 (-45%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.9:1
% White
86%
was 91%
% Hispanic
6%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 429 | 35.3 | 12.2:1 | 57% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 35.5 | 11.6:1 | 59% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 36.7 | 11.5:1 | 59% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 65.7 | 11.9:1 | 62% (482) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERRYVILLE ELEM..
About PERRYVILLE ELEM.
PERRYVILLE ELEM. is a mid-sized elementary school in PERRYVILLE, Missouri, under PERRY CO. 32. The school teaches grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 429 students. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in Missouri (about 315).
District-wide, PERRY CO. 32 has 4 schools and 2,103 students.
At PERRYVILLE ELEM., 86% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Perry County is about 94% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
The school's 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. At PERRYVILLE ELEM., 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 50.2% at PERRYVILLE ELEM.; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Perry County show that the median household earns about $62,981 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Perry County has 6 public schools with about 2,216 students, including PERRYVILLE ELEM..
PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTER is less than a tenth of a mile from PERRYVILLE ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PERRYVILLE ELEM. ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment records show 781 in 2017-18 and 429 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. In 2017-18, 91% of students were White; in 2024-25, 86% were.
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Perry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,976
Census ACS
Median income
$62,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PERRY CO. 32
- PERRYVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 743 students
- PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 492 students
- PERRY CO. MIDDLEMiddle · 439 students
- PERRYVILLE AREA CAR TECH CTRHigh
Other schools in PERRYVILLE
- PERRYVILLE SR. HIGHHigh · 743 students
- PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTERElementary · 492 students
- PERRY CO. MIDDLEMiddle · 439 students
- PERRYVILLE AREA CAR TECH CTRHigh
Nearby schools
- PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTER0.1 mi · 492
- PERRYVILLE SR. HIGH0.3 mi · 743
- PERRY CO. MIDDLE0.3 mi · 439
- Chester Elementary School13.2 mi · 640
- Chester High School14.2 mi · 335
- MEADOW HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL15.5 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About PERRYVILLE ELEM.What is the total enrollment at PERRYVILLE ELEM.?
PERRYVILLE ELEM. enrolls approximately 429 students in grades 03-05.
Is PERRYVILLE ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
PERRYVILLE ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PERRYVILLE ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PERRYVILLE ELEM. is approximately 12.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PERRYVILLE ELEM.?
At PERRYVILLE ELEM., the student body is approximately 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PERRYVILLE ELEM. public or private?
PERRYVILLE ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by PERRY CO. 32.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.