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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOX C-6·NCES 291230000504
SECKMAN ELEM.
2824 SECKMAN RD, IMPERIAL, MO 63052 · (636) 296-2030 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
54 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
MO avg 44.9% . +8.7pp since 2021
Math
66.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +12.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.9% | 33.0% | 28.9% | 9.0% |
| Math | 26.8% | 40.0% | 21.0% | 11.9% |
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 | 61.9% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 51.5% | 45.4% |
| 2021-22 | 53.2% | 54.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
Schools most like SECKMAN ELEM.
SECKMAN ELEM.'s state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECKMAN ELEM. this school | 428 | 12.6% | 58.9% |
| BLEVINS ELEM. EUREKA | 376 | 12.5% | 53.9% |
| DANIEL BOONE ELEM. WENTZVILLE | 420 | 8.3% | 68.6% |
| SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY ASHLAND | 471 | 17.0% | N/A |
| BOONE TRAIL ELEM. WENTZVILLE | 479 | 12.5% | 49.4% |
| LONE JACK ELEM. LONE JACK | 333 | 12.6% | 37.1% |
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 SECKMAN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #152 of 1,002 | #4 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #80 of 1,019 ▲ 147 | #2 of 27 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #132 of 1,018 ▲ 33 | #3 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #96 of 943 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #305 of 1,294 | #14 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #372 of 950 | #15 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.3% | #803 of 953 | #26 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #1,092 of 1,165 | #36 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #131 of 684 | #5 of 25 |
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
428
-97 (-18%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 428 | 34.8 | 12.3:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 34.5 | 12.6:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 36.4 | 13.4:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 33.8 | 16.6:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 20% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 708 | 41 | 17.3:1 | 15% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 10% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 960 | 34 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SECKMAN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (561 to 428); teachers up 3% (33.8 to 34.8).
About SECKMAN ELEM.
SECKMAN ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of IMPERIAL, Missouri. Enrolled students number 428 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students each.
The FOX C-6 system has 18 schools and 10,258 students.
White students make up 93% of enrollment at SECKMAN ELEM.. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic. The White share in Jefferson County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. SECKMAN ELEM.'s diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.3:1. That matches the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 13% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 38%.
Compared with Missouri schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SECKMAN ELEM.'s results are 3.8 points above predicted: 58.9% against 55.2%.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $82,851, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Jefferson County has 69 public schools and roughly 36,216 students.
SECKMAN SR. HIGH is located about 0.1 miles from SECKMAN ELEM.. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 58.9% is above the 46.9% average for nearby schools.
SECKMAN ELEM. is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, SECKMAN ELEM.'s enrollment declined 18%, to 428. The school's ratio fell from 15.0:1 to 12.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FOX C-6
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- FOX SR. HIGHHigh · 1,660 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- FOX MIDDLEMiddle · 570 students
- RIDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 567 students
- ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 535 students
Other schools in IMPERIAL
- SECKMAN SR. HIGHHigh · 1,737 students
- WINDSOR HIGHHigh · 887 students
- SECKMAN MIDDLEMiddle · 687 students
- WINDSOR INTERMEDIATEElementary · 626 students
- WINDSOR MIDDLEMiddle · 608 students
- WINDSOR ELEM.Elementary · 497 students
Nearby schools
- SECKMAN SR. HIGH0.1 mi · 1,737
- SECKMAN MIDDLE0.1 mi · 687
- RAYMOND NANCY HODGE ELEM.1.3 mi · 333
- RICHARD SIMPSON ELEM.1.5 mi · 410
- LONE DELL ELEM.2.5 mi · 381
- ROCKPORT HEIGHTS ELEM.2.7 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About SECKMAN ELEM.What is the total enrollment at SECKMAN ELEM.?
SECKMAN ELEM. enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SECKMAN ELEM. serve?
SECKMAN ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SECKMAN ELEM.?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at SECKMAN ELEM..
What is the student diversity at SECKMAN ELEM.?
Student demographics at SECKMAN ELEM. are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is SECKMAN ELEM. public or private?
SECKMAN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by FOX C-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.