Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIKESTON R-6·NCES 292826001742
SOUTHEAST ELEM.
2300 ABLES RD, SIKESTON, MO 63801 · (573) 472-0707 · Scott County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
250 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 69 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (69) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (56).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 SIKESTON R-6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.2pp since 2021
Math
33.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.0% | 20.5% | 41.0% | 30.3% |
| Math | 8.9% | 24.1% | 28.5% | 38.3% |
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 | 28.5% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 30.5% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.7% | 24.3% |
% 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 SOUTHEAST ELEM.
SOUTHEAST ELEM.'s state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHEAST ELEM. this school | 250 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| BORDER STAR MONTESSORI KANSAS CITY | 251 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
| LILBOURN ELEMENTARY LILBOURN | 233 | 100.0% | 17.2% |
| THOMAS BENTON ELEM. COLUMBIA | 232 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| NEW MADRID ELEMENTARY NEW MADRID | 250 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
| EAST ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 286 | 100.0% | 24.3% |
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 SOUTHEAST ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #774 of 1,002 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #709 of 1,019 ▲ 31 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #821 of 1,018 ▲ 67 | #4 of 8 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #344 of 943 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #828 of 1,294 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #243 of 950 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #136 of 953 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #170 of 1,165 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #130 of 684 | N/A |
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
250
-34 (-12%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 250 | 21.6 | 11.6:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 22.7 | 11.0:1 | 100% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 22.4 | 11.8:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 88% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 22.9 | 14.3:1 | 79% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 75% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 70% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 61% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHEAST ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (328 to 250); teachers down 6% (22.9 to 21.6).
About SOUTHEAST ELEM.
SOUTHEAST ELEM. is a small elementary school based in SIKESTON, Missouri. The latest federal count shows 250 students in grades 1 through 4. Against the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri, enrollment here is 21% lower.
Across its 7 schools, SIKESTON R-6 enrolls 3,277 students. SOUTHEAST ELEM. is one of those schools.
SOUTHEAST ELEM.'s enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. After that, the student body is 35% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Scott County, the White share is about 82%. SOUTHEAST ELEM. has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 11.6 students per teacher and 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. For comparison, public schools in Scott County average 78%.
A school with SOUTHEAST ELEM.'s lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 22.4%. SOUTHEAST ELEM. scores 28.1%, 5.7 points above that line.
Scott County has these Census figures: median household income is about $62,782, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. SOUTHEAST ELEM. is among the 22 public schools in Scott County.
Nearby, NEW DAWN SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, SOUTHEAST ELEM. is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 250, 12% below the 284 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.6:1, from 13.5:1.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,933
Census ACS
Median income
$62,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,999 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SIKESTON R-6
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 493 students
- SIKESTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 448 students
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.Elementary · 403 students
- LEE HUNTER ELEM.Elementary · 369 students
- WING ELEM.Elementary · 359 students
Other schools in SIKESTON
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 955 students
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 493 students
- SIKESTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 448 students
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.Elementary · 403 students
- LEE HUNTER ELEM.Elementary · 369 students
- WING ELEM.Elementary · 359 students
Other SOUTHEAST Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named SOUTHEAST Elementary. SOUTHEAST ELEM. is the 13th largest of the 17.
- SOUTHEAST ELEM.KANSAS CITY, MO · 548 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 817 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 816 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolAnkeny, IA · 585 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 562 students
Nearby schools
- NEW DAWN SCHOOL0.1 mi · 28
- SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 493
- SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 955
- WING ELEM.1.5 mi · 359
- SIKESTON HOPE CTR.2.4 mi · 11
- SIKESTON KINDERGARTEN CTR.2.6 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHEAST ELEM.How large is SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. enrolls approximately 250 students in grades 01-04.
Is SOUTHEAST ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades 01-04.
How many teachers does SOUTHEAST ELEM. have?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTHEAST ELEM. are roughly 48% White, 5% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTHEAST ELEM.?
SOUTHEAST ELEM. is overseen by SIKESTON R-6 in Scott County.
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