Elementary Schools in Dallas County R-I

Summary:

The Dallas County R-I school district in Missouri has only one elementary school, Mallory Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 4th grade. The school's performance has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools, with a 1 out of 5-star rating on the SchoolDigger scale, indicating below-average performance.

Mallory Elementary's proficiency rates in Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) for 3rd and 4th grades are significantly lower than the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd-grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 33%, compared to the state average of 41.4%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 58.97% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that the student population may face significant socioeconomic challenges.

Another area of concern is Mallory Elementary's chronic absenteeism rate, which was 19.2% in the 2023-2024 school year, a concerning statistic that can negatively impact student learning and academic performance. While the school's student-teacher ratio of 14:1 is slightly lower than the state average, the overall data indicates that Mallory Elementary is underperforming compared to other schools in Missouri and may benefit from targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.

District Detail

1323 South Ash
Buffalo, MO 65622-7567

(417) 345-2222

SchoolDigger Rank:
235^th of 367 Missouri districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,576

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)		MAP English Language Arts (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mallory Elementary	Public	K-4	315 S Hickory	Buffalo	65622	Dallas County	Dallas County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 345-2350	599	47	12.8	63.4%	545 (91.0%)	3 (0.5%)	22 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.5%)	30.6	654^th of 900 public elementary schools	27.3%		23.9	700^th of 906 public elementary schools	22.7%	46	33.0	32.7	21.6	36.6	$11,522	$1,427	$10,095

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Halfway R-III	8.13 mi	2	220^th
Pleasant Hope R-VI	15.73 mi	4	247^th
Bolivar R-I	16.35 mi	5	75^th
Lakeland R-III	16.51 mi	3	342^nd
Laclede County R-I	17.36 mi	3	176^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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