Enrollment
139
Elementary
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH IRON CO. R-I·NCES 292847001758
SOUTH IRON ELEM.
210 SCHOOL ST, ANNAPOLIS, MO 63620 · (573) 598-4240 · Iron County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
106 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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
SOUTH IRON ELEM.→SOUTH IRON HIGH
Based on grade levels within SOUTH IRON 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
52.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +37.1pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +37.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 37 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 38 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
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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
139
-24 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.1:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTH IRON ELEM.
SOUTH IRON ELEM. is one of the cozy K-5 schools in ANNAPOLIS, Missouri, one of the schools within SOUTH IRON CO. R-I, with 139 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 315.
SOUTH IRON ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by SOUTH IRON CO. R-I, a district that enrolls 284 students overall.
On the student-mix side, SOUTH IRON ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Iron County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, SOUTH IRON ELEM. has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting SOUTH IRON ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at SOUTH IRON ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH IRON ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -1.1 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Iron County put the typical household earns roughly $48,850 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. SOUTH IRON ELEM. is one of 9 public schools in Iron County (combined enrollment of about 1,669 students).
SOUTH IRON HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH IRON ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 163 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.
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Iron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,446
Census ACS
Median income
$48,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- SOUTH IRON HIGH0.0 mi · 145
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL10.4 mi · 35
- LESTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 70
- LESTERVILLE ELEMENTARY10.4 mi · 68
- CLEARWATER MIDDLE13.6 mi · 265
- CLEARWATER HIGH13.6 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH IRON ELEM.How large is SOUTH IRON ELEM.?
SOUTH IRON ELEM. enrolls approximately 139 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SOUTH IRON ELEM. serve?
SOUTH IRON ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does SOUTH IRON ELEM. have?
SOUTH IRON ELEM. employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTH IRON ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTH IRON ELEM. are roughly 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH IRON ELEM. in?
SOUTH IRON ELEM. is part of SOUTH IRON CO. R-I.
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