Enrollment
123
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIPLEY CO. R-III·NCES 292655001560
RIPLEY CO. ELEM.
11111 STATE HIGHWAY 142W, GATEWOOD, MO 63942 · (573) 255-3213 · Ripley County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL123 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
123 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
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
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
45.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -20.7pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
MO avg 48.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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
123
+37 (+43%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 6.9:1
% White
94%
was 99%
% Black
3%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RIPLEY CO. ELEM.
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. operates as a tiny elementary school in GATEWOOD, Missouri, overseen by RIPLEY CO. R-III. Current enrollment sits at 123 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
RIPLEY CO. R-III is the operating authority for RIPLEY CO. ELEM., handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
On the student-mix side, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RIPLEY CO. ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Ripley County shows median household income runs about $42,037, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 21%. In all, Ripley County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,118 students), of which RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: RIPLEY CO. ELEM., around 9.8 miles off. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIPLEY CO. ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.1%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. RIPLEY CO. ELEM.'s enrollment has expanded 43% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 123). The White share of enrollment edged down from 99% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 6.9:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the RIPLEY CO. ELEM. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- RIPLEY CO. ELEM.9.8 mi · 125
- DONIPHAN ELEM.12.0 mi · 351
- DONIPHAN INTERMEDIATE12.0 mi · 311
- DONIPHAN MIDDLE12.1 mi · 350
- CURRENT RIVER SCHOOL12.1 mi · 11
- DONIPHAN HIGH12.2 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About RIPLEY CO. ELEM.What is the total enrollment at RIPLEY CO. ELEM.?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. enrolls approximately 123 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does RIPLEY CO. ELEM. serve?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does RIPLEY CO. ELEM. have?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at RIPLEY CO. ELEM.?
Student demographics at RIPLEY CO. ELEM. are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.
What district is RIPLEY CO. ELEM. in?
RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is part of RIPLEY CO. R-III.
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