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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
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
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.
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 →
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
About PERRYVILLE ELEM.
Set in PERRYVILLE, Missouri, PERRYVILLE ELEM. is an average-sized elementary-level community, overseen by PERRY CO. 32. It educates 429 students across grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so PERRYVILLE ELEM. sits 36% bigger than that benchmark.
Within PERRY CO. 32, which oversees 4 schools and 2,103 students, PERRYVILLE ELEM. is one campus in the system.
Demographically, PERRYVILLE ELEM. records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Perry County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, PERRYVILLE 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 59.3%, a residual of +9.1 points.
Across the wider county, Perry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,981 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Perry County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,216 students), of which PERRYVILLE ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: PERRYVILLE PRIMARY CENTER, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PERRYVILLE ELEM.. On composite proficiency, PERRYVILLE ELEM. comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. PERRYVILLE ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 45% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 429). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 86%.
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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 Elem School13.2 mi · 640
- Chester High School14.2 mi · 335
- MEADOW HEIGHTS HIGH15.5 mi · 158
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.