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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNEY R-I·NCES 291645001434

SOUTHVIEW ELEM.

7 S CAMPUS DR, KEARNEY, MO 64060 · (816) 628-4652 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
76 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Kindergarten
67
Grade 1
84
Grade 2
75
Grade 3
76
Grade 4
75
Grade 5
78
Student demographics
White
40689%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 67%
Hispanic
307%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 9%
Black
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 15%
Two+
174%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6%
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
Male
22950%
Female
22650%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
SOUTHVIEW ELEM.→KEARNEY MIDDLE→KEARNEY JR. HIGH→KEARNEY HIGH
Based on grade levels within KEARNEY R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs Peers
English Language Arts
83.3%
MO avg 49.5% . -10.7pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
MO avg 48.7% . -1.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.

Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 35 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
455
-27 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.7:1
% White
89%
was 93%
% Hispanic
7%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About SOUTHVIEW ELEM.

SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is a primary school of medium-sized scale in KEARNEY, Missouri, operated by KEARNEY R-I, instructing 455 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SOUTHVIEW ELEM. sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in KEARNEY R-I (3,424 students total), SOUTHVIEW ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SOUTHVIEW ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 86.4%, a residual of +35.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Clay County reports that median household income runs about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

The closest other public school is KEARNEY JR. HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHVIEW ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHVIEW ELEM. has ticked down 6%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 89%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for SOUTHVIEW ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Clay County at a glance

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Population
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students

Quick facts

School name
SOUTHVIEW ELEM.
District
KEARNEY R-I
Address
7 S CAMPUS DR, KEARNEY, MO 64060
Phone
(816) 628-4652
County
Clay County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
455
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
14.2:1
Free/Reduced lunch
76 (17%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
291645001434
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SOUTHVIEW ELEM.
How many students attend SOUTHVIEW ELEM.?
SOUTHVIEW ELEM. enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SOUTHVIEW ELEM. serve?
SOUTHVIEW ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does SOUTHVIEW ELEM. have?
SOUTHVIEW ELEM. employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHVIEW ELEM.?
Student demographics at SOUTHVIEW ELEM. are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is SOUTHVIEW ELEM. in?
SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is part of KEARNEY R-I.
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