Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEDALIA 200·NCES 292783001711
WASHINGTON ELEM.
610 S ENGINEER, SEDALIA, MO 65301 · (660) 826-2216 · Pettis County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Missouri public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
185 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 34% larger than its 4th grade class (29).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 SEDALIA 200. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
38.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -13.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.2% | 25.0% | 27.7% | 25.0% |
| Math | 26.3% | 12.5% | 27.7% | 33.3% |
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 | 47.2% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 53.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.6% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.2% | 52.4% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 21 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 WASHINGTON ELEM.
WASHINGTON ELEM.'s state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEM. this school | 215 | 86.0% | 48.6% |
| PROCTER ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 221 | 85.5% | 27.6% |
| ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY SUGAR CREEK | 282 | 84.8% | 20.6% |
| MILL CREEK ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 250 | 77.2% | 50.9% |
| WELLER ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 292 | 78.1% | 22.0% |
| RANDALL ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 284 | 85.2% | 27.3% |
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 WASHINGTON ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Pettis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #343 of 1,002 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #594 of 1,019 ▼ 320 | #8 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #401 of 1,018 ▼ 209 | #5 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.8pp | #98 of 943 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #924 of 1,294 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #27 of 950 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #144 of 953 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #245 of 1,165 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #403 of 684 | #4 of 8 |
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
215
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 215 | 23 | 9.3:1 | 86% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 22.7 | 9.2:1 | 89% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 24.2 | 8.2:1 | 87% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 23 | 10.1:1 | 87% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 24.8 | 9.8:1 | 85% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 91% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 59% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (243 to 215); teachers down 7% (24.8 to 23).
About WASHINGTON ELEM.
WASHINGTON ELEM. is a small elementary school with its address in SEDALIA, Missouri. It reports enrollment of 215 students in kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 32% below the 315-student average for elementary schools in Missouri.
WASHINGTON ELEM. is in SEDALIA 200, a district with 5,209 students across 9 schools.
The student body at WASHINGTON ELEM. is 53% White. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 4% Black. Pettis County's residents are about 84% White, 31 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON ELEM. is 9.3:1, based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri, 12.4:1, is higher. WASHINGTON ELEM. counts 86% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Pettis County is 61%.
WASHINGTON ELEM. holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of Missouri public elementary schools.
WASHINGTON ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Missouri are predicted to post 27.6%, so the school is 21.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In the wider Pettis County area, the median household earns about $60,430 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. WASHINGTON ELEM. shares Pettis County with 19 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL, is the closest to WASHINGTON ELEM.. WASHINGTON ELEM. has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 48.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes WASHINGTON ELEM. as Town: Remote.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 17 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Pettis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,397
Census ACS
Median income
$60,430
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
6,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEDALIA 200
- SMITH-COTTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,551 students
- SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHLMiddle · 1,133 students
- SKYLINE ELEM.Elementary · 483 students
- HEBER HUNT ELEM.Elementary · 448 students
- PARKVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 447 students
- SEDALIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 396 students
Other schools in SEDALIA
- SMITH-COTTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,551 students
- SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHLMiddle · 1,133 students
- SKYLINE ELEM.Elementary · 483 students
- HEBER HUNT ELEM.Elementary · 448 students
- PARKVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 447 students
- SEDALIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 396 students
Other WASHINGTON Elementary schools
155 other US public schools in 28 states are named WASHINGTON Elementary. WASHINGTON ELEM. is the 133rd largest of the 156.
- WASHINGTON ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 244 students
- Washington ElementaryRiverside, CA · 818 students
- Washington ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 776 students
- Washington ElementaryLindsay, CA · 730 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 720 students
Nearby schools
- SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL0.6 mi · 1,133
- PARKVIEW ELEM.0.8 mi · 447
- SEDALIA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 396
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.1.1 mi · 260
- HORACE MANN ELEM.1.5 mi · 276
- HEBER HUNT ELEM.1.9 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON ELEM.?
WASHINGTON ELEM. enrolls approximately 215 students in grades KG-04.
Is WASHINGTON ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEM.?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at WASHINGTON ELEM..
How diverse is WASHINGTON ELEM.?
WASHINGTON ELEM. reports a student body of 53% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees WASHINGTON ELEM.?
WASHINGTON ELEM. is overseen by SEDALIA 200 in Pettis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.