Field Elementary School

Size

Of the 13 elementary schools in St. Joseph School District, Field Elementary School is the 11th largest, with 3.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.2 miles away and have a median of 410 students, so Field 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 1 with 59 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 42, against an average of 48 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 42 in kindergarten and 44 in grade 6.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 61.6% of enrollment, about the same share as across St. Joseph (62%). Two or more races students are next, at 15.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

52.4% 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. 26.2% 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

Field Elementary School has 21.23 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 336 students would have about 27.3 teachers, so Field Elementary School has 6.1 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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Coleman Elementary School, 0.9 miles away in the same district. There are 10 elementary schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

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