Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUXICO R-VIII·NCES 292565001507
PUXICO ELEM.
481 N BEDFORD ST, PUXICO, MO 63960 · (573) 222-3542 · Stoddard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
178 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
Based on grade levels within PUXICO R-VIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
MO avg 49.5% . +22.2pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
MO avg 48.7% . +33.3pp 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 46 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 22 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 33 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
308
-58 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.3:1
% White
97%
was 97%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PUXICO ELEM.
PUXICO ELEM. is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in PUXICO, Missouri, run under PUXICO R-VIII, with 308 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
PUXICO R-VIII runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 712 students. PUXICO ELEM. is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, PUXICO ELEM. logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Stoddard County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PUXICO ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; PUXICO ELEM. posts 27.1%, -23.1 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, census data for Stoddard County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,957 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PUXICO ELEM. is one of 23 public schools in Stoddard County (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students).
Nearest neighbor: PUXICO JR. HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PUXICO ELEM. comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.
PUXICO ELEM. operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Stoddard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,470
Census ACS
Median income
$57,957
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUXICO R-VIII
- PUXICO HIGHHigh · 191 students
- PUXICO JR. HIGHMiddle · 176 students
- MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGHHigh · 37 students
Other schools in PUXICO
- PUXICO HIGHHigh · 191 students
- PUXICO JR. HIGHMiddle · 176 students
- MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGHHigh · 37 students
Nearby schools
- PUXICO JR. HIGH0.1 mi · 176
- MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH0.1 mi · 37
- PUXICO HIGH0.1 mi · 191
- FISK ELEMENTARY12.2 mi · 309
- BLOOMFIELD ELEM.13.1 mi · 229
- BLOOMFIELD MIDDLE13.1 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About PUXICO ELEM.What is the total enrollment at PUXICO ELEM.?
PUXICO ELEM. enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PUXICO ELEM. serve?
PUXICO ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PUXICO ELEM. have?
PUXICO ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PUXICO ELEM.?
Student demographics at PUXICO ELEM. are roughly 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PUXICO ELEM. public or private?
PUXICO ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by PUXICO R-VIII.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.