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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REPUBLIC R-III·NCES 292622003234
SWEENY ELEMENTARY
720 N. MAIN, REPUBLIC, MO 65738 · (417) 732-3670 · Greene County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
192 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Based on grade levels within REPUBLIC R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +0.3pp since 2021
Math
70.8%
MO avg 43.8% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.4% | 30.3% | 26.4% | 5.7% |
| Math | 44.0% | 26.8% | 18.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 67.7% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 68.7% |
| 2022-23 | 60.7% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 69.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 22 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 →
Schools most like SWEENY ELEMENTARY
SWEENY ELEMENTARY's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEENY ELEMENTARY this school | 481 | 39.9% | 66.6% |
| OAK GROVE PRIMARY OAK GROVE | 503 | 39.8% | N/A |
| Carl Junction Primary 2-3 Carl Junction | 490 | 41.8% | 45.8% |
| CORNERSTONE ELEMENTARY EXCELSIOR SPRINGS | 466 | 40.8% | 37.0% |
| SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY REPUBLIC | 457 | 40.7% | 63.1% |
| HARRISONVILLE ELEM. HARRISONVILLE | 427 | 40.3% | 34.0% |
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 SWEENY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #67 of 1,002 | #1 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #55 of 1,019 ▲ 1 | #2 of 49 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #68 of 1,018 ▲ 23 | #1 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #499 of 943 | #29 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #188 of 1,294 | #4 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #343 of 950 | #11 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #545 of 953 | #36 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #815 of 1,165 | #44 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.0% | #28 of 251 | #3 of 15 |
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
481
+53 (+12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 481 | 39.6 | 12.2:1 | 40% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 36.7 | 13.4:1 | 42% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 36.5 | 13.7:1 | 40% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 32.2 | 11.6:1 | 47% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 55% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SWEENY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (373 to 481); teachers up 23% (32.2 to 39.6).
About SWEENY ELEMENTARY
In REPUBLIC, Missouri, part of Greene County, SWEENY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school. The school reports 481 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 53% bigger than the 315 average for elementary schools in Missouri.
REPUBLIC R-III enrolls 5,318 students in 8 schools, including SWEENY ELEMENTARY.
SWEENY ELEMENTARY enrolls a student body that is 83% White. The school is also 9% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. For comparison, Greene County is about 86% White. By the diversity index, SWEENY ELEMENTARY comes in at 31%.
The school has about 12.2 students per teacher and 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is about 12.4:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 40%.
SWEENY ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Missouri are predicted to post 44.9%, so the school is 21.7 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Greene County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Greene County number 97 and enroll about 42,423.
LYON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. SWEENY ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 66.6% compares with 51.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 428 to 481.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,375
Census ACS
Median income
$61,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
42,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in REPUBLIC R-III
- REPUBLIC HIGHHigh · 1,530 students
- REPUBLIC MIDDLEMiddle · 1,211 students
- PRICE ELEMENTARYElementary · 507 students
- MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARYElementary · 468 students
- SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARYElementary · 457 students
- LYON ELEMENTARYElementary · 430 students
Other schools in REPUBLIC
- REPUBLIC HIGHHigh · 1,530 students
- REPUBLIC MIDDLEMiddle · 1,211 students
- PRICE ELEMENTARYElementary · 507 students
- MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARYElementary · 468 students
- SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARYElementary · 457 students
- LYON ELEMENTARYElementary · 430 students
Other Sweeny Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sweeny Elementary. SWEENY ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sweeny Elementary SchoolSWEENY, TX · 869 students
Nearby schools
- LYON ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 430
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 234
- PRICE ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 507
- SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 457
- MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 468
- REPUBLIC MIDDLE0.7 mi · 1,211
Frequently asked questions
About SWEENY ELEMENTARYHow large is SWEENY ELEMENTARY?
SWEENY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 481 students in grades KG-05.
Is SWEENY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SWEENY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SWEENY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SWEENY ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.2:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SWEENY ELEMENTARY?
At SWEENY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SWEENY ELEMENTARY?
SWEENY ELEMENTARY is overseen by REPUBLIC R-III in Greene County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.