Lewis and Clark Elementary School

Size

Of the 11 elementary schools in Liberty 53 School District, Lewis and Clark Elementary School is the 4th largest, with 4.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.8 miles away and have a median of 334 students, so Lewis and Clark Elementary School is larger than most of them.

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 4 with 93 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 74, against an average of 86 per grade. This year grade 5 has 24% more students than kindergarten (92 against 74). 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 77.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Liberty 53 (73.4%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

20.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 23.8% across Liberty 53 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 5.6% 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

Lewis and Clark Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 517 students would have about 42 teachers, so Lewis and Clark Elementary School has 10 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 Warren Hills Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 12 elementary schools within 5 miles and 44 within 10 miles.

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