Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST R-V·NCES 292871001773
SOUTHWEST ELEM.
529 E. PINEVILLE ROAD, WASHBURN, MO 65772 · (417) 826-5411 · Barry County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
255 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Based on grade levels within SOUTHWEST R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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
349
+55 (+19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 11.8:1
% White
86%
was 92%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SOUTHWEST ELEM.
Set in WASHBURN, Missouri, SOUTHWEST ELEM. is a medium-sized K-5 school, run under SOUTHWEST R-V. It educates 349 students across grades pre-K through 4.
SOUTHWEST ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by SOUTHWEST R-V, a district that serves 771 students overall.
On demographics, SOUTHWEST ELEM. shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Barry County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHWEST ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 63.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Barry County) records that the typical household earns roughly $58,346 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Barry County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students), of which SOUTHWEST ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: SOUTHWEST HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTHWEST ELEM. comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.
SOUTHWEST ELEM. operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 19%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Barry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,033
Census ACS
Median income
$58,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHWEST R-V
- SOUTHWEST HIGHHigh · 236 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 186 students
Other schools in WASHBURN
- SOUTHWEST HIGHHigh · 236 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 186 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWEST HIGH0.0 mi · 236
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE0.0 mi · 186
- EXETER HIGH6.0 mi · 109
- EXETER ELEM.6.0 mi · 224
- EUNICE THOMAS ELEM.8.5 mi · 457
- CASSVILLE MIDDLE8.5 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHWEST ELEM.How large is SOUTHWEST ELEM.?
SOUTHWEST ELEM. enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does SOUTHWEST ELEM. serve?
SOUTHWEST ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHWEST ELEM.?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at SOUTHWEST ELEM..
How diverse is SOUTHWEST ELEM.?
SOUTHWEST ELEM. reports a student body of 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTHWEST ELEM.?
SOUTHWEST ELEM. is overseen by SOUTHWEST R-V in Barry County.
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