Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I·NCES 292856001765
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.
809 S HENRY CLAY BLVD, ASHLAND, MO 65010 · (573) 657-2145 · Boone County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Missouri public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
10.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
39 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 3 | 156 | 55% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 45% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +10.8pp since 2021
Math
58.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +12.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.5% | 35.6% | 29.4% | 13.3% |
| Math | 25.8% | 32.7% | 27.3% | 14.0% |
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 | 57.1% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 50.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.8% | 47.6% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 45.7% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.'s state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. this school | 282 | 13.8% | 54.9% |
| BLAIR OAKS INTERMEDIATE JEFFERSON CITY | 228 | 12.3% | 64.4% |
| BLAIR OAKS ELEM. JEFFERSON CITY | 224 | 12.9% | N/A |
| LONE JACK ELEM. LONE JACK | 333 | 12.6% | 37.1% |
| AVENUE CITY ELEM. COSBY | 229 | 11.8% | 78.3% |
| FATIMA ELEM. WESTPHALIA | 256 | 20.3% | 56.7% |
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 SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #213 of 1,002 | #7 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #182 of 1,019 ▲ 153 | #5 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #198 of 1,018 ▲ 36 | #7 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.8pp | #73 of 943 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #754 of 1,294 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #62 of 950 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #798 of 953 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #1,081 of 1,165 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #93 of 684 | #2 of 16 |
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
282
-173 (-38%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 282 | 27.5 | 10.2:1 | 14% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 27.1 | 10.7:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 29.3 | 11.8:1 | 16% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 28.6 | 13.8:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 25% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 17% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (394 to 282); teachers down 4% (28.6 to 27.5).
About SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is a public elementary school in ASHLAND, Missouri. It educates 282 students in grades 3 through 4.
SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,971 students.
At SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM., White students make up 93% of the student body. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Boone County, the White share is about 77%. SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.2:1. That ratio is under the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Boone County average 38%.
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (54.9% versus 54.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
Boone County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,758, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is among the 58 public schools in Boone County.
SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is behind the 60.8% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 282, 38% below the 455 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.2:1, from 13.8:1.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I
- SOUTHERN BOONE MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- Southern Boone HighHigh · 570 students
- SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARYElementary · 471 students
Other schools in ASHLAND
- SOUTHERN BOONE MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- Southern Boone HighHigh · 570 students
- SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARYElementary · 471 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY0.1 mi · 471
- SOUTHERN BOONE MIDDLE0.8 mi · 648
- Southern Boone High1.0 mi · 570
- ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.9.5 mi · 556
- NEW BLOOMFIELD HIGH9.9 mi · 309
- NEW BLOOMFIELD ELEM.10.0 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.How many students attend SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.?
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. serve?
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.?
SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM. is overseen by SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I in Boone County.
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