Enrollment
144
Elementary
DISTRICT 145 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALNUT GROVE R-V·NCES 293099002140
WALNUT GROVE ELEM.
300 E COLLEGE, WALNUT GROVE, MO 65770 · (417) 788-2543 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
65 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
WALNUT GROVE ELEM.→WALNUT GROVE HIGH
Based on grade levels within WALNUT GROVE R-V. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
94.2%
MO avg 49.5% . +33.1pp since 2023
Math
79.3%
MO avg 48.7% . +31.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 33 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 32 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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%.
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
144
-3 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.3:1
% White
95%
was 97%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WALNUT GROVE ELEM.
WALNUT GROVE ELEM. is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in WALNUT GROVE, Missouri, overseen by WALNUT GROVE R-V, serveing 144 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Across the 2 schools in WALNUT GROVE R-V (289 students total), WALNUT GROVE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, WALNUT GROVE ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.
On the resource side, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALNUT GROVE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.8%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which WALNUT GROVE ELEM. is one.
Nearest neighbor: WALNUT GROVE HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WALNUT GROVE ELEM. at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.4%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALNUT GROVE ELEM. has changed only slightly, going from 147 students in 2018 to 144 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for WALNUT GROVE ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
Nearby schools
- WALNUT GROVE HIGH0.0 mi · 145
- ASH GROVE HIGH7.0 mi · 333
- ASH GROVE ELEM.7.0 mi · 275
- MARION C. EARLY HIGH8.0 mi · 150
- MARION C. EARLY JUNIOR HIGH8.0 mi · 143
- MARION C. EARLY ELEM.8.0 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About WALNUT GROVE ELEM.How large is WALNUT GROVE ELEM.?
WALNUT GROVE ELEM. enrolls approximately 144 students in grades PK-05.
Is WALNUT GROVE ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALNUT GROVE ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WALNUT GROVE ELEM. have?
WALNUT GROVE ELEM. employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WALNUT GROVE ELEM.?
At WALNUT GROVE ELEM., the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Two or more.
What district is WALNUT GROVE ELEM. in?
WALNUT GROVE ELEM. is part of WALNUT GROVE R-V.
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