Elementary · Missouri

Matthews Elementary

Free meals for all

Matthews Elementary, a public elementary school in Matthews, Missouri: grades pre-k–5, 139 students, 9.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of New Madrid Co. R-I.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 139
Teachers (FTE): 14.5
Students per teacher: 9.6
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Missouri

Median 12.3 · 1,203 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in Missouri

Median 327 · 1,203 schools compared

Smaller than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Missouri: 42%

Not published: too few students tested.

MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Missouri: 41%

21%proficient

+6.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Missouri

Median 40% · 980 elementary schools compared

52 students tested, grades 4, 5 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: New Madrid Co. R-I

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with New Madrid Co. R-I.

Location

Address: 206 Story St, Matthews, MO 63867
Phone: (573)471-0077
City or town: Matthews
County: New Madrid County

Website Quality of life in Matthews Schools in Matthews

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Wing Elem.Free meals for all	1–4	359	13.2	34%	25%	7.0 mi
Southeast Elem.Free meals for all	1–4	250	11.6	27%	32%	8.2 mi
Lee Hunter Elem.Free meals for all	1–4	369	15.0	41%	51%	8.3 mi
Sikeston Kindergarten Ctr.Free meals for all	Pre-K–K	403	13.5	—	—	9.3 mi
New Madrid ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	250	11.2	20%	34%	11.2 mi
East Prairie ElemFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	412	12.1	29%	26%	11.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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