Ellison Elementary School

Size

Of the 13 elementary schools in St. Joseph School District, Ellison Elementary School is the 10th largest, with 3.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 5.8 miles away and have a median of 375 students, so Ellison Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 3 with 63 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 34, against an average of 49 per grade. This year grade 6 has 56% more students than kindergarten (53 against 34). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 65% of enrollment, about the same share as across St. Joseph (62%). Two or more races students are next, at 12%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

38.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 20.4% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Ellison Elementary School has 23.43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 343 students would have about 27.9 teachers, so Ellison Elementary School has 4.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other elementary school is Oak Grove Elementary School, 4.2 miles away in the same district. There are 2 elementary schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.