Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 141 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. ELIZABETH R-IV·NCES 292913001866
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.
HWY 52, ST ELIZABETH, MO 65075 · (573) 493-2246 · Miller County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
28 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.→ST. ELIZABETH HIGH
Based on grade levels within ST. ELIZABETH R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
MO avg 48.7% . -16.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 17 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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
143
-14 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.8:1
% White
98%
was 97%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. is one of the close-knit elementary schools in ST ELIZABETH, Missouri, one of the schools within ST. ELIZABETH R-IV, with 143 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. sits 55% below that benchmark.
ST. ELIZABETH R-IV comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 282 students; ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. is among them.
On the student-mix side, ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Miller County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 69.3%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Miller County put median household income runs about $56,736, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. is one of 16 public schools in Miller County (combined enrollment of about 5,092 students).
ST. ELIZABETH HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. has shrank 9%, going from 157 students in 2018 to 143 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,269
Census ACS
Median income
$56,736
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- ST. ELIZABETH HIGH0.0 mi · 139
- MILLER CO. ELEM.10.5 mi · 125
- TUSCUMBIA HIGH10.5 mi · 53
- EUGENE HIGH10.7 mi · 264
- EUGENE ELEM.10.8 mi · 365
- IBERIA ELEM.11.8 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.How large is ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.?
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. enrolls approximately 143 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. serve?
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. is approximately 15.0:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.?
At ST. ELIZABETH ELEM., the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ST. ELIZABETH ELEM.?
ST. ELIZABETH ELEM. is overseen by ST. ELIZABETH R-IV in Miller County.
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