Enrollment
157
Elementary
DISTRICT 139 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCHANAN CO. R-IV·NCES 291059000356
RUSHVILLE ELEM.
8681 SW STATE RTE 116, RUSHVILLE, MO 64484 · (816) 688-7777 · Buchanan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- FBeats 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
13.7:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
59 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 19 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
RUSHVILLE ELEM.→DEKALB JR.-SR. HIGH
Based on grade levels within BUCHANAN CO. R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
26.3%
MO avg 44.9% . -21.8pp since 2021
Math
36.1%
MO avg 43.8% . -6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 22 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.9% | 19.4% | 55.5% | 18.0% |
| Math | 11.1% | 25.0% | 40.2% | 23.6% |
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 | 26.3% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 33.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.1% | 42.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RUSHVILLE ELEM.
RUSHVILLE ELEM.'s state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSHVILLE ELEM. this school | 157 | 37.6% | 24.9% |
| NORTHEAST ELEM. CAIRO | 158 | 36.1% | N/A |
| SOUTH CALLAWAY EARLY CHD PK-02 Mokane | 147 | 37.4% | N/A |
| LA PLATA ELEM. LA PLATA | 145 | 38.6% | 61.6% |
| SILEX ELEM. SILEX | 186 | 37.6% | 39.2% |
| ROCK PORT ELEM. ROCK PORT | 174 | 36.8% | 45.8% |
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 RUSHVILLE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Buchanan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #814 of 1,002 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #645 of 1,019 ▲ 34 | #8 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #846 of 1,018 ▼ 105 | #14 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.3pp | #24 of 943 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #1,034 of 1,294 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.6% | #847 of 1,165 | #15 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #144 of 684 | #1 of 12 |
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
157
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 157 | 11.5 | 13.7:1 | 38% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 12.5 | 13.2:1 | 42% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 12.5 | 12.4:1 | 39% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 14 | 11.1:1 | 42% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 16.5 | 12.3:1 | 52% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 55% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 179 | 17 | 10.5:1 | 39% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 17 | 11.4:1 | 34% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RUSHVILLE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (203 to 157); teachers down 30% (16.5 to 11.5).
About RUSHVILLE ELEM.
RUSHVILLE ELEM. is a low-enrollment elementary school in RUSHVILLE, Missouri. It enrolled 157 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students each.
BUCHANAN CO. R-IV (2 schools, 277 students) runs RUSHVILLE ELEM..
White students make up 99% of enrollment at RUSHVILLE ELEM.. For comparison, the population of Buchanan County is roughly 81% White. The school's diversity index is 1%, meaning two students picked at random have a 1% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.7 students per teacher and 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 38%. That rate is below the 69% average among public schools in Buchanan County.
Measured against Missouri public elementary schools, RUSHVILLE ELEM. receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
RUSHVILLE ELEM. trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 20.9 points (24.9% versus 45.8%), a bottom-10% result in Missouri on BeatsExpectations.
Buchanan County has about 83,568 residents, and the median household income is $62,158, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides RUSHVILLE ELEM., Buchanan County has 35 other public schools.
The school nearest to RUSHVILLE ELEM. is DEKALB JR.-SR. HIGH, at a distance of about 4.5 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, RUSHVILLE ELEM. is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around RUSHVILLE ELEM. as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 155 students in 2020-21 and 157 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Buchanan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,568
Census ACS
Median income
$62,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
11,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other RUSHVILLE Elementary schools
One other US public school is named RUSHVILLE Elementary. RUSHVILLE ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rushville Elementary SchoolRushville, IN · 682 students
Nearby schools
- DEKALB JR.-SR. HIGH4.5 mi · 120
- Atchison Middle School5.9 mi · 287
- Central School5.9 mi · 51
- Atchison High School6.8 mi · 419
- Atchison Elementary School7.1 mi · 693
- Lake Early Learning Center10.9 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About RUSHVILLE ELEM.What is the total enrollment at RUSHVILLE ELEM.?
RUSHVILLE ELEM. enrolls approximately 157 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does RUSHVILLE ELEM. serve?
RUSHVILLE ELEM. serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at RUSHVILLE ELEM.?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at RUSHVILLE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at RUSHVILLE ELEM.?
Student demographics at RUSHVILLE ELEM. are roughly 99% White, 1% Two or more.
Is RUSHVILLE ELEM. public or private?
RUSHVILLE ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUCHANAN CO. R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.