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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. administration to hear?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY R-III·NCES 293045002089
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.
121 HAMPEL RD, MOSCOW MILLS, MO 63362 · (636) 356-4246 · Lincoln County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
126 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
46.0%
MO avg 43.8% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.4% | 29.1% | 36.4% | 16.0% |
| Math | 12.6% | 33.4% | 31.5% | 22.3% |
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 | 47.5% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 39.3% |
| 2022-23 | 47.5% | 40.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 42.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
Schools most like WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.'s state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. this school | 434 | 29.0% | 42.0% |
| PECULIAR ELEM. PECULIAR | 402 | 29.6% | 41.9% |
| LINCOLN ELEM. TROY | 391 | 26.9% | 59.5% |
| CHANCE ELEM. CENTRALIA | 370 | 29.2% | N/A |
| STONY POINT ELEM. GRAIN VALLEY | 474 | 25.7% | 46.5% |
| BOONE ELEM. TROY | 394 | 31.5% | 43.0% |
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 WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #483 of 1,002 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #420 of 1,019 ▲ 146 | #4 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #393 of 1,018 ▲ 2 | #4 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #418 of 943 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #290 of 1,294 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #684 of 950 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.6% | #625 of 953 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #952 of 1,165 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #518 of 684 | #5 of 9 |
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
434
-86 (-17%) vs 2020
+343% since 1990-91, when it was 98
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 29% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 33% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 42.3 | 14.3:1 | 32% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 44% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 30.3 | 15.4:1 | 42% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 51% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 49% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 41% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 98 | 4 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (466 to 434); teachers up 2% (30.3 to 31).
About WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM., a mid-sized elementary school, is located in MOSCOW MILLS, Missouri. Enrollment totals 434 students across kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 38% larger than that mark.
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. reports to TROY R-III, which has 11 schools and 6,510 students.
By race and ethnicity, WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. is 87% White. Next come 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. is 14.0:1, based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. counts 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Missouri public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.0%; the prediction is 49.0%.
Lincoln County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $89,278, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,367, WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. among them.
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.'s nearest public school is TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 1.0 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 17% across 4 years, from 520 in 2020-21 to 434 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
63,057
Census ACS
Median income
$89,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,367 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TROY R-III
- TROY BUCHANAN HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 760 students
- TROY MIDDLEMiddle · 732 students
- CUIVRE PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 578 students
- MAIN STREET ELEM.Elementary · 423 students
- BOONE ELEM.Elementary · 394 students
Other schools in MOSCOW MILLS
- TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 760 students
- Troy South Elementary SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- TROY SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 760
- LINCOLN CO EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR2.7 mi · 211
- TROY BUCHANAN HIGH3.2 mi · 2,148
- CUIVRE PARK ELEMENTARY3.7 mi · 578
- CLAUDE BROWN ELEMENTARY4.3 mi · 308
- TROY MIDDLE4.3 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.?
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. serve?
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. have?
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM.?
Student demographics at WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. public or private?
WM. R. CAPPEL ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by TROY R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.