Enrollment
125
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIPLEY CO. R-IV·NCES 292658001561
RIPLEY CO. ELEM.
3277 US HIGHWAY 160 W, Doniphan, MO 63935 · (573) 996-7118 · Ripley County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
125 students
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.3%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.0pp since 2021
Math
16.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.4% | 22.9% | 44.5% | 22.9% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 19.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 9.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
Schools most like RIPLEY CO. ELEM.
RIPLEY CO. ELEM.'s state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIPLEY CO. ELEM. this school | 125 | 100.0% | 21.7% |
| GIDEON ELEM. GIDEON | 115 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| PEMISCOT CO. R-III ELEM. CARUTHERSVILLE | 116 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| HERMITAGE ELEM. HERMITAGE | 138 | 100.0% | 51.1% |
| RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. RAYMONDVILLE | 122 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIMAX SPRINGS | 113 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where RIPLEY CO. ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #858 of 1,002 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #911 of 1,019 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #761 of 1,018 ▲ 46 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #202 of 943 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 125 | #1,106 of 1,294 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #146 of 1,165 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
125
+5 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 168
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 9.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 125 | 16 | 7.8:1 | 100% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 117 | 15 | 7.8:1 | 68% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 123 | 16 | 7.7:1 | 71% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 120 | 13 | 9.2:1 | 72% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 15.2 | 7.9:1 | 74% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 134 | 16 | 8.4:1 | 80% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 179 | 17 | 10.5:1 | 79% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 166 | 13 | 12.8:1 | 83% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 168 | 11 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIPLEY CO. ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (120 to 125); teachers up 5% (15.2 to 16).
About RIPLEY CO. ELEM.
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is a very small elementary school in RIPLEY CO. R-IV, located in Doniphan, Missouri. In all, 125 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 60% below the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
RIPLEY CO. R-IV is the district for RIPLEY CO. ELEM..
At RIPLEY CO. ELEM., 98% of students are White. The diversity index for RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body.
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Missouri public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. would be expected to post about 22.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.7%.
In the surrounding county, Ripley County, median household income comes to about $42,037, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 21%. The county has 10 public schools and about 2,118 students.
DONIPHAN ELEM. sits about 2.5 miles from RIPLEY CO. ELEM.. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. enrolled 120 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 125. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 9.2:1 in 2020-21 to 7.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Ripley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,708
Census ACS
Median income
$42,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,118 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Doniphan
- DONIPHAN HIGHHigh · 487 students
- DONIPHAN ELEM.Elementary · 351 students
- DONIPHAN MIDDLEMiddle · 350 students
- DONIPHAN INTERMEDIATEElementary · 311 students
- CURRENT RIVER SCHOOLCombined · 11 students
- CURRENT RIVER CAREER CENTERHigh
Other RIPLEY CO. Elementary schools
One other US public school is named RIPLEY CO. Elementary. RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is the largest of the 2.
- RIPLEY CO. ELEM.GATEWOOD, MO · 123 students
Nearby schools
- DONIPHAN ELEM.2.5 mi · 351
- DONIPHAN INTERMEDIATE2.5 mi · 311
- CURRENT RIVER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 11
- DONIPHAN MIDDLE2.6 mi · 350
- DONIPHAN HIGH2.7 mi · 487
- RIPLEY CO. ELEM.9.8 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About RIPLEY CO. ELEM.How large is RIPLEY CO. ELEM.?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. enrolls approximately 125 students in grades PK-08.
Is RIPLEY CO. ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does RIPLEY CO. ELEM. have?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
How diverse is RIPLEY CO. ELEM.?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black.
What district is RIPLEY CO. ELEM. in?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is part of RIPLEY CO. R-IV.
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