Enrollment
125
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA 93·NCES 290100000314
TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.
5450 N HWY Z, COLUMBIA, MO 65202 · (573) 214-3560 · Boone County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL125 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
44 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
46.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -23.0pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
MO avg 48.7% . -31.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 47 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 31 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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
125
-46 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.8:1
% White
78%
was 84%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
4%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.
Located at 5450 N HWY Z, in COLUMBIA, Missouri, TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. is an one-room-style elementary campus that teaches 125 students (grades K through 5), run under COLUMBIA 93. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. sits 60% below that benchmark.
COLUMBIA 93 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 18,640 students. TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 66.8%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARY, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 60.4%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 27%: 171 students in 2018 compared to 125 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 78%.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA 93
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- DAVID H. HICKMAN HIGHHigh · 2,007 students
- ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGHHigh · 1,997 students
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,492 students
- ANN HAWKINS GENTRY MID. SCHOOLMiddle · 736 students
- BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYElementary · 656 students
- MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.Elementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARY3.3 mi · 344
- MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 1,492
- ALPHA HART LEWIS5.7 mi · 468
- BLUE RIDGE ELEM.6.4 mi · 453
- JOHN B. LANGE MIDDLE6.7 mi · 510
- CENTER FOR EARLY LRNING-NORTH6.7 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.How many students attend TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.?
TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. enrolls approximately 125 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. serve?
TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM..
How diverse is TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.?
TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. reports a student body of 78% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Two or more.
Is TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. public or private?
TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLUMBIA 93.
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