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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION R-XI·NCES 293057003377
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY
1911 PRAIRIE DELL RD, UNION, MO 63084 · (636) 583-1200 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
259 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Based on grade levels within UNION R-XI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
26.7%
MO avg 49.5% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
MO avg 48.7% . -14.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY
Located at 1911 PRAIRIE DELL RD, in UNION, Missouri, PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY is a sizable K-5 school that enrolls 495 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by UNION R-XI. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 57% larger than typical.
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY is one of 5 schools operated by UNION R-XI, a district that educates 3,120 students overall.
Looking at the student body, PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Franklin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.3%; actual is 30.1%, a gap of -20.2 points.
Around the school, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,165 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY is one of 41 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students).
Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL ELEM., around 2.3 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.1%.
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY operates from a town-based location.
On allk12, the feed for PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,950
Census ACS
Median income
$73,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,025 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION R-XI
- UNION HIGHHigh · 956 students
- UNION MIDDLEMiddle · 704 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 643 students
- BEAUFORT ELEM.Elementary · 322 students
Other schools in UNION
- UNION HIGHHigh · 956 students
- UNION MIDDLEMiddle · 704 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 643 students
- Clearview ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- AUTUMN HILL SCHOOLCombined · 32 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL ELEM.2.3 mi · 643
- UNION MIDDLE2.8 mi · 704
- AUTUMN HILL SCHOOL3.3 mi · 32
- UNION HIGH3.5 mi · 956
- Clearview Elementary4.5 mi · 295
- ST. CLAIR ELEM.6.0 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARYHow large is PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
Is PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY have?
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE DELL ELEMENTARY is overseen by UNION R-XI in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.