Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCDONALD CO. R-I·NCES 292061001103
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.
14814 E STATE HWY 76, ROCKY COMFORT, MO 64861 · (417) 628-3781 · McDonald County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
11.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
110 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 9 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.→MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH
Based on grade levels within MCDONALD CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
MO avg 44.9% . -18.4pp since 2021
Math
62.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.4% | 22.5% | 41.4% | 12.6% |
| Math | 32.4% | 29.7% | 26.1% | 11.7% |
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 | 45.9% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 57.2% |
| 2022-23 | 51.9% | 56.5% |
| 2021-22 | 64.3% | 62.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.'s state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. this school | 197 | 55.8% | 57.0% |
| PERSHING ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 142 | 53.5% | 41.3% |
| ELKHORN ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR SPRINGS | 239 | 51.0% | 41.2% |
| ADAH FULBRIGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD SPRINGFIELD | 189 | 54.5% | N/A |
| ROUNTREE ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 210 | 51.9% | 37.5% |
| OAKWOOD ELEM. HANNIBAL | 272 | 49.6% | 80.2% |
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 ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In McDonald County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #180 of 1,002 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #136 of 1,019 ▲ 65 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #441 of 1,018 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #87 of 943 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #959 of 1,294 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #530 of 1,165 | #7 of 7 |
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
197
+34 (+21%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 197 | 17.8 | 11.1:1 | 56% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 15.5 | 12.2:1 | 56% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 15 | 12.4:1 | 53% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 16 | 10.2:1 | 53% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 187 | 14.5 | 12.9:1 | 60% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 63% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 18 | 12.0:1 | 79% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 60% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 187 | 11 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCKY COMFORT ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (187 to 197); teachers up 23% (14.5 to 17.8).
About ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. is a small elementary school with its address in ROCKY COMFORT, Missouri. The school has 197 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 37% below average.
The district for ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. is MCDONALD CO. R-I, with 10 schools and 3,595 students.
Of every 100 students at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM., about 87 are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 70% White share among all McDonald County residents. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. are from different groups.
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. has 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.1:1. The school's 11.1:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in McDonald County.
On the allk12 Grade, ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Missouri public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. is in the top 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.0% is 18.1 points above the 39.0% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, McDonald County, the median household earns about $52,375 a year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ROCKY COMFORT ELEM., McDonald County has 11 public schools.
TRIWAY, about 4.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Within ten miles of ROCKY COMFORT ELEM., there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.1%; ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.'s is 57.0%, ranking 4th of 9.
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
From 163 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 197 by 2024-25.
The allk12 page for ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
McDonald County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,701
Census ACS
Median income
$52,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,867 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in MCDONALD CO. R-I
- MCDONALD COUNTY HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- ANDERSON ELEM.Elementary · 521 students
- SOUTHWEST CITY ELEM.Elementary · 350 students
- NOEL ELEM.Middle · 349 students
- WHITE ROCK ELEM.Elementary · 347 students
- ANDERSON MIDDLEMiddle · 275 students
Nearby schools
- TRIWAY4.8 mi · 431
- WHEATON ELEM.9.5 mi · 241
- WHEATON HIGH9.5 mi · 199
- WHITE ROCK ELEM.11.5 mi · 347
- GOODMAN ELEM.11.8 mi · 272
- PINEVILLE ELEM.12.2 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.What is the total enrollment at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.?
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. enrolls approximately 197 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. serve?
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. is approximately 11.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM.?
Student demographics at ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. in?
ROCKY COMFORT ELEM. is part of MCDONALD CO. R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.