Enrollment
114
Elementary
DISTRICT 124 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I·NCES 292376001429
ROSS ELEM.
102 School Drive, Wardell, MO 63879 · (573) 359-0543 · Pemiscot County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
114 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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
ROSS ELEM.→NORTH PEMISCOT SR. HIGH
Based on grade levels within NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
18.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
90.3%
MO avg 48.7% . +24.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 25 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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
114
+9 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.9:1
% White
94%
was 90%
% Hispanic
0%
was 1%
% Black
5%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROSS ELEM.
Set in Wardell, Missouri, ROSS ELEM. is a rural-scale elementary campus, run under NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I. It teaches 114 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.
Across the 2 schools in NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I (248 students total), ROSS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, ROSS ELEM. reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Black. By comparison, Pemiscot County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, ROSS ELEM. has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting ROSS ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at ROSS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, ROSS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -10.7 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pemiscot County) records that median household earnings sit near $40,089, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which ROSS ELEM. is one.
NORTH PEMISCOT SR. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROSS ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROSS ELEM. has ticked up 9%, going from 105 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 90% to 94% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.
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Pemiscot County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,958
Census ACS
Median income
$40,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
2,865 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- NORTH PEMISCOT SR. HIGH0.0 mi · 134
- MATHIS ELEMENTARY8.7 mi · 383
- HAYTI HIGH8.8 mi · 225
- GIDEON ELEM.8.8 mi · 115
- GIDEON HIGH8.8 mi · 102
- PORTAGEVILLE HIGH9.0 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About ROSS ELEM.How large is ROSS ELEM.?
ROSS ELEM. enrolls approximately 114 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROSS ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROSS ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ROSS ELEM. have?
ROSS ELEM. employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ROSS ELEM.?
Student demographics at ROSS ELEM. are roughly 94% White, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is ROSS ELEM. public or private?
ROSS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.