Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARRENSBURG R-VI·NCES 293102001729
STERLING ELEM.
522 E GAY, WARRENSBURG, MO 64093 · (660) 747-7478 · Johnson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
156 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 123 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
STERLING ELEM.→WARRENSBURG MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within WARRENSBURG R-VI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
34.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.9% | 27.2% | 35.4% | 18.4% |
| Math | 11.7% | 22.7% | 32.4% | 32.9% |
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 | 46.1% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 44.9% | 33.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 33.0% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 STERLING ELEM.
STERLING ELEM.'s state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERLING ELEM. this school | 399 | 39.1% | 39.6% |
| ESPY ELEM. NIXA | 371 | 35.8% | 69.6% |
| JOSEPH L. MUDD ELEM. O'FALLON | 412 | 36.7% | N/A |
| FOREST PARK ELEM. O'FALLON | 436 | 35.1% | 41.5% |
| LONE DELL ELEM. ARNOLD | 381 | 38.6% | 52.4% |
| TRAUTWEIN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 369 | 42.8% | 40.5% |
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 STERLING ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #535 of 1,002 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #684 of 1,019 ▼ 27 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #432 of 1,018 ▲ 118 | #3 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #408 of 943 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #398 of 1,294 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #603 of 950 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #410 of 953 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #823 of 1,165 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #476 of 684 | N/A |
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
399
+30 (+8%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 399 | 29.4 | 13.6:1 | 39% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 29.2 | 13.7:1 | 30% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 29.7 | 13.1:1 | 32% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 27.7 | 15.8:1 | 48% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 39% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 41% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 28% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STERLING ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (437 to 399); teachers up 6% (27.7 to 29.4).
About STERLING ELEM.
Students in WARRENSBURG, Missouri, attend STERLING ELEM., a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 399 students across grades 3 through 5. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 315.
Across its 6 schools, WARRENSBURG R-VI enrolls 3,558 students. STERLING ELEM. is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at STERLING ELEM. are White (74%). Other reported shares: 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 85% White among all Johnson County residents. The diversity index for STERLING ELEM. is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at STERLING ELEM., there are about 13.6 students; the school has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri, 12.4:1, is lower. There are 156 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 39% of enrollment. Public schools in Johnson County average a similar 41%.
The model predicts 45.2% for a school in Missouri with STERLING ELEM.'s free or reduced-price lunch share. STERLING ELEM. posts 39.6%.
In the wider Johnson County area, median household income comes to about $67,272, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STERLING ELEM. shares Johnson County with 23 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, WARRENSBURG MIDDLE, is the closest to STERLING ELEM.. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of STERLING ELEM.. Its average proficiency rate of 39.6% is below the 50.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns STERLING ELEM. the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 369 to 399.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,732
Census ACS
Median income
$67,272
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
8,058 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WARRENSBURG R-VI
- WARRENSBURG HIGHHigh · 1,027 students
- WARRENSBURG MIDDLEMiddle · 779 students
- RIDGE VIEW ELEM.Elementary · 484 students
- MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 462 students
- MARTIN WARREN ELEM.Elementary · 407 students
- GATEWAY EDUCATIONAL CTR.High
Other schools in WARRENSBURG
- WARRENSBURG HIGHHigh · 1,027 students
- WARRENSBURG MIDDLEMiddle · 779 students
- RIDGE VIEW ELEM.Elementary · 484 students
- MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 462 students
- MARTIN WARREN ELEM.Elementary · 407 students
- GATEWAY EDUCATIONAL CTR.High
Other STERLING Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named STERLING Elementary. STERLING ELEM. is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Sterling ElementaryPineville, NC · 786 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolBrunswick, GA · 767 students
- Sterling ElementarySterling, VA · 430 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolSterling, OK · 213 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolSTERLING, MI · 168 students
Nearby schools
- WARRENSBURG MIDDLE0.2 mi · 779
- MARTIN WARREN ELEM.0.6 mi · 407
- RIDGE VIEW ELEM.0.8 mi · 484
- MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 462
- WARRENSBURG HIGH1.8 mi · 1,027
- CREST RIDGE HIGH6.3 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About STERLING ELEM.How large is STERLING ELEM.?
STERLING ELEM. enrolls approximately 399 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does STERLING ELEM. serve?
STERLING ELEM. serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STERLING ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STERLING ELEM. is approximately 13.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at STERLING ELEM.?
At STERLING ELEM., the student body is approximately 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees STERLING ELEM.?
STERLING ELEM. is overseen by WARRENSBURG R-VI in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.