Elementary Schools in Sturgeon R-V

The Sturgeon Elementary is the sole elementary school serving grades K-5 in the Sturgeon R-V school district in Missouri. With an enrollment of 225 students, the school faces significant challenges, including declining academic performance, large achievement gaps, high poverty rates, and attendance issues.

Sturgeon Elementary has a low statewide ranking, placing 784th out of 906 Missouri elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels, with only 29.5% of 4th-grade students scoring proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 44.4%. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 37.33% in the 2022-2023 school year.

Sturgeon Elementary's student-teacher ratio of 12.8 is slightly lower than the state average, and the school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $9,561. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.9% in the 2023-2024 school year is significantly higher than the state average, which may contribute to the academic challenges faced by the school.