Enrollment
90
Elementary
DISTRICT 90 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I·NCES 292868001771
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL
4944 HWY DD, LUDLOW, MO 64656 · (660) 738-4433 · Livingston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL90 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
12.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
54 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL→SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS
Based on grade levels within SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
26.6%
MO avg 43.8% . -13.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 20.5% | 47.0% | 14.7% |
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 | 38.1% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 18.3% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.6% | 39.6% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL this school | 90 | 60.0% | 25.5% |
| WESTVIEW ELEM. NEOSHO | 112 | 60.7% | 23.3% |
| GOLDEN CITY ELEM. GOLDEN CITY | 76 | 65.8% | 28.6% |
| AVILLA ELEM. AVILLA | 114 | 58.8% | 29.5% |
| PINEVILLE PRIMARY ANDERSON | 109 | 61.5% | N/A |
| COOTER ELEM. COOTER | 79 | 53.2% | 38.1% |
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 SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 90 | #1,188 of 1,294 |
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
90
-20 (-18%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 90 | 7.3 | 12.4:1 | 60% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 8.3 | 9.7:1 | 54% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 9.6 | 10.5:1 | 62% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | 63% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 101 | 9.8 | 10.3:1 | 68% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 89 | 9 | 9.9:1 | 75% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 94 | 9 | 10.4:1 | 76% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 128 | 11 | 11.6:1 | 48% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (101 to 90); teachers down 26% (9.8 to 7.3).
About SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL is a small elementary school located in LUDLOW, Missouri. The latest federal count shows 90 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315 students, so this school is 71% smaller than average.
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL is part of a district of 2 schools: SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I, with 179 students.
White students are the large majority at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL, with 90% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic. The White share in Livingston County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. The chance that two students picked at random at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The school reported 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.4:1. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 12.4:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 60% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Livingston County, the average eligibility rate is 46%.
allk12 grades SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL's lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 37.4%. SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL scores 25.5%, 11.9 points below that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Livingston County show that median household income is about $63,627, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL is one of 10 public schools in Livingston County, which together enroll about 1,651 students.
The school nearest to SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL is SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within ten miles. SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 110 in 2020-21 and 90 in 2024-25, a decrease of 20 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2020-21 to 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Livingston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,364
Census ACS
Median income
$63,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,651 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I
- SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HSHigh · 89 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS0.0 mi · 89
- BRAYMER HIGH8.3 mi · 133
- BRAYMER ELEM.8.3 mi · 148
- BRECKENRIDGE ELEM.8.7 mi · 33
- BRECKENRIDGE HIGH8.7 mi · 30
- VERELLE PENISTON SCHOOL10.6 mi · 15
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 ELWhat is the total enrollment at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL?
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL enrolls approximately 90 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL serve?
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL.
What is the student diversity at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL?
Student demographics at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL are roughly 90% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL public or private?
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.