Summary:
The Sturgeon R-V school district in Missouri has only one elementary school, Sturgeon Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 224 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Missouri elementary schools over the past few years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other schools in the state.
Sturgeon Elementary's proficiency rates on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests are significantly below the state averages in both mathematics and English language arts across multiple grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 6.6% of 4th graders at the school were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 43.8%. The school's performance on the MAP science test for 5th grade is also low, with only 11.6% of students scoring proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the state average of 40.8%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 19.9% in the 2023-2024 school year, which may contribute to the low academic performance.
Despite the school's low ranking and performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.1 to 1, which is generally considered a positive factor for student learning. However, the district's per-student spending of $9,561 in 2021-2022 is slightly below the state average, which may impact the resources available to support student learning. Addressing the high chronic absenteeism rate and implementing targeted interventions to improve academic performance could be areas of focus for the school and district to help improve student outcomes.
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