1
Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OZARK R-VI·NCES 292343002439
SOUTH ELEM.
1250 W SOUTH ST, OZARK, MO 65721 · (417) 582-5905 · Christian County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
222 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within OZARK R-VI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
MO avg 44.9% . +9.5pp since 2021
Math
66.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +7.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 69 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 40.7% | 28.5% | 22.1% | 8.5% |
| Math | 41.8% | 24.7% | 18.4% | 14.8% |
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 | 69.2% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 68.7% |
| 2022-23 | 72.2% | 64.5% |
| 2021-22 | 59.7% | 59.2% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 24 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 SOUTH ELEM.
SOUTH ELEM.'s state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH ELEM. this school | 505 | 44.0% | 67.6% |
| Carl Junction Primary 2-3 Carl Junction | 490 | 41.8% | 45.8% |
| ZITZMAN ELEM. PACIFIC | 469 | 43.9% | 48.7% |
| KNOB NOSTER ELEM. KNOB NOSTER | 550 | 42.7% | 55.7% |
| SWEENY ELEMENTARY REPUBLIC | 481 | 39.9% | 66.6% |
| SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY REPUBLIC | 457 | 40.7% | 63.1% |
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 SOUTH ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Christian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #58 of 1,002 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #83 of 1,019 ▼ 28 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #50 of 1,018 ▲ 13 | #4 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #147 of 943 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #154 of 1,294 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #281 of 950 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #559 of 953 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #750 of 1,165 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.1% | #31 of 684 | #1 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
505
-139 (-22%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 505 | 42.7 | 11.8:1 | 44% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 44.2 | 11.7:1 | 40% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 42.5 | 12.3:1 | 44% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 45% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 43.5 | 18.8:1 | 37% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 54 | 11.7:1 | 43% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 46% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 35 | 13.2:1 | 32% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 742 | 41 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (816 to 505); teachers down 2% (43.5 to 42.7).
About SOUTH ELEM.
At 1250 W SOUTH ST in OZARK, Missouri, SOUTH ELEM. operates as a high-enrollment elementary school. The school has 505 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 4. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 315 students, which makes this school 60% above average.
SOUTH ELEM. is one of the 8 schools that make up OZARK R-VI (5,959 students in total).
The share of White students at SOUTH ELEM. is 83%. Other groups make up 10% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. Christian County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SOUTH ELEM. scores 29%.
The school had 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. That is in line with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The school reported 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is higher than the 33% average for public schools in Christian County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for SOUTH ELEM. is 43.4%. It actually posts 67.6%, which is 24.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Missouri schools.
Census data for Christian County show median household income comes to about $83,437, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 33 public schools and about 16,175 students.
Measured in a straight line, OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR is about 1.5 miles from SOUTH ELEM.. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. SOUTH ELEM. comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 644 (2020-21) to 505 (2024-25).
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Christian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,915
Census ACS
Median income
$83,437
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
16,175 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OZARK R-VI
- OZARK HIGHHigh · 1,789 students
- OZARK JR. HIGHMiddle · 943 students
- OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- WEST ELEM.Elementary · 584 students
- EAST ELEM.Elementary · 515 students
- NORTH ELEM.Elementary · 514 students
Other schools in OZARK
- OZARK HIGHHigh · 1,789 students
- OZARK JR. HIGHMiddle · 943 students
- OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- WEST ELEM.Elementary · 584 students
- EAST ELEM.Elementary · 515 students
- NORTH ELEM.Elementary · 514 students
Other SOUTH Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 18 states are named SOUTH Elementary. SOUTH ELEM. is the 6th largest of the 44.
- SOUTH ELEM.ELDON, MO · 552 students
- SOUTH ELEM.JACKSON, MO · 433 students
- SOUTH ELEM.KENNETT, MO · 420 students
- SOUTH ELEM.JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 302 students
- SOUTH ELEM.NEOSHO, MO · 285 students
Nearby schools
- OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR1.5 mi · 233
- OZARK JR. HIGH1.6 mi · 943
- OZARK HIGH2.0 mi · 1,789
- EAST ELEM.2.0 mi · 515
- OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 876
- NORTH ELEM.3.4 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH ELEM.What is the total enrollment at SOUTH ELEM.?
SOUTH ELEM. enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does SOUTH ELEM. serve?
SOUTH ELEM. serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does SOUTH ELEM. have?
SOUTH ELEM. employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTH ELEM. are roughly 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH ELEM. in?
SOUTH ELEM. is part of OZARK R-VI.
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