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VETERANS ELEM.
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Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About VETERANS ELEM.
VETERANS ELEM., a mid-tier primary school in HANNIBAL, Missouri, run under HANNIBAL 60, instructs 403 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Across the 8 schools in HANNIBAL 60 (3,366 students total), VETERANS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, VETERANS ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, VETERANS ELEM. has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at VETERANS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Marion County's rate of about 52%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, VETERANS ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,903 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Marion County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,724 students), VETERANS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VETERANS ELEM. comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. VETERANS ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 403). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Marion County at a glance
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- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 182
- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 25
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- HANNIBAL SR. HIGH1.5 mi · 1,048
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.2.2 mi · 376
- OAKWOOD ELEM.3.0 mi · 272