Enrollment
63
Elementary
DISTRICT 77 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE HOME R-V·NCES 292553001499
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.
301 HWY DRIVE, PRAIRIE HOME, MO 65068 · (660) 841-5296 · Cooper County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL63 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
33 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.→PRAIRIE HOME HIGH
Based on grade levels within PRAIRIE HOME R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
MO avg 49.5% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
MO avg 48.7% . +16.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
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
63
-21 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.1:1
was 9.0:1
% White
95%
was 98%
% Hispanic
3%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM., a tiny K-5 school in PRAIRIE HOME, Missouri, one of the schools within PRAIRIE HOME R-V, caters to 63 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.
PRAIRIE HOME R-V runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 153 students. PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Demographically, PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic.
On the resource side, On paper, PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cooper County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 55.8%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cooper County put median household income runs about $70,625, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. is one of 17 public schools in Cooper County (combined enrollment of about 2,425 students).
PRAIRIE HOME HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.2%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 25%: 84 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025.
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Cooper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,824
Census ACS
Median income
$70,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
2,425 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- PRAIRIE HOME HIGH0.0 mi · 90
- JAMESTOWN C-I ELEM.7.3 mi · 67
- JAMESTOWN C-I HIGH7.3 mi · 112
- BUNCETON ELEM.10.8 mi · 59
- BUNCETON HIGH10.8 mi · 33
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARY11.4 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.How many students attend PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.?
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. enrolls approximately 63 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. serve?
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.?
Approximately 8.1:1 students per teacher at PRAIRIE HOME ELEM..
How diverse is PRAIRIE HOME ELEM.?
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. reports a student body of 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. public or private?
PRAIRIE HOME ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by PRAIRIE HOME R-V.
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