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Skaith Elementary School

Public elementary school in St Joseph, Missouri · St. Joseph School District · Grades Pre-K–6

Skaith Elementary School serves 398 students in grades Pre-K–6 in St Joseph (Buchanan County). It is one of 22 schools in St. Joseph School District. By enrollment it is the 398th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 14.2 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri elementary school (12.3).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,202 Missouri elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

398
students
14.2
students per teacher
100%
free/reduced lunch eligible
Pre-K–6
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 28.08 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
GradesPre-K–6
DistrictSt. Joseph School District
CountyBuchanan County
Area typeCity, small
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID292706001672

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolSt. JosephMissouri elementary schools (median)
Students39810,430327
Students per teacher14.21312.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible100%74.4%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 80% of Missouri elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Skaith Elementary School in context

Size

Of the 13 elementary schools in St. Joseph School District, Skaith Elementary School is the 6th largest, with 3.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 3.2 miles away and have a median of 375 students, so Skaith 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 2 with 65 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 50, against an average of 57 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 53 in kindergarten and 51 in grade 6.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 58.8% of enrollment, a lower share than across St. Joseph (62%). Two or more races students are next, at 17.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% 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. 37.2% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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

Teachers

Skaith Elementary School has 28.08 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 398 students would have about 32.4 teachers, so Skaith Elementary School has 4.3 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 Pickett Elementary School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There are 11 elementary schools within 5 miles and 15 within 10 miles.

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

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White
58.8%
Two or more races
17.3%
Hispanic
12.8%
Black
8%
Asian
1.3%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.8%

46.5% of students are girls and 53.5% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Kindergarten
53
Grade 1
64
Grade 2
65
Grade 3
55
Grade 4
50
Grade 5
60
Grade 6
51

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

4701 Schoolside Ln, St Joseph, MO 64503
Phone: (816)671-4370

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Skaith Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Pickett Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph0.6 mi25011.2100%
Parkway Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph1.9 mi43813.6100%
Carden Park Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph3.1 mi63812.199.8%
Edison Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph3.2 mi36211.6100%
Coleman Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph3.2 mi38812.2100%
Field Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph4.0 mi33615.852.4%
Hyde Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph4.1 mi35213.3100%
Oak Grove Elementary SchoolSt. Joseph4.5 mi50214.432.9%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in St. Joseph

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Benton High SchoolHigh9–12682
Bode Middle SchoolMiddle7–8488
Carden Park Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6638
Central High SchoolHigh9–121,733
Coleman Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6388
Edison Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6362
Ellison Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6343
Field Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6336
Hosea Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5422
Hyde Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5352
Lafayette High SchoolHigh9–12644
Lake Early Learning CenterPre-KPre-K211
Lindbergh Elementary SchoolElementaryK–5431
Mark Twain Early Learning CntrPre-KPre-K232
Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6502
Parkway Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6438
Pershing Elementary SchoolElementaryK–6285
Pickett Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–6250
Robidoux Middle SchoolMiddle6–8405
Spring Garden Middle SchoolMiddle6–8404
Truman Middle SchoolMiddle7–8486