Graden Elementary School

Size

Graden Elementary School is the 9th largest of Park Hill School District's 11 elementary schools; its 415 students are 3.5% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.6 miles away and have a median of 458 students, so Graden 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 5 with 78 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 52, against an average of 69 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 72 in kindergarten and 78 in grade 5.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 74% of enrollment, a higher share than across Park Hill (61.5%). Hispanic students are next, at 12.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

24.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 29% across Park Hill and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 11.1% 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

Graden Elementary School has 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 415 students would have about 33.7 teachers, so Graden Elementary School has 6.5 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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is English Landing Elementary School, 1.3 miles away in the same district. There are 11 elementary schools within 5 miles and 37 within 10 miles.

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