ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.

ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. is an elementary school of well-populated scale in COLUMBIA, Missouri, run under COLUMBIA 93, works with 556 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

COLUMBIA 93 comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 18,640 students; ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. is among them.

On demographics, ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Boone County shows median household income runs about $72,758, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGH, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.6%.

ROCK BRIDGE ELEM. operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.'s enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 556). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 68% to 60%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.