The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Science. The lowest is 39% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Ezard Elem.
Ezard Elementary sits in Conway, a small rural town in Laclede County, Missouri. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Laclede County R-I school district, which itself resulted from mid-century school consolidations and now places all of its schools in this one community. Conway is a town where most residents own their homes, with a population that has been broadly stable in recent years, and the school is woven into the fabric of this close-knit setting.
The student body of roughly this size for an elementary school is overwhelmingly white, with a very modest share of students identifying as Hispanic or Black. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a marker of the economic context families bring with them each day. The school does not have charter or magnet status and operates as a regular public school.
On state assessments, the picture varies by grade and subject, and parents should look at this carefully for their child's particular grade level. In math, proficiency rates among students who took the Missouri Assessment Program test show a range across grades. The rate climbs from about two-fifths of third graders to more than half of sixth graders, with fourth and fifth graders falling somewhere in between. In English language arts, the available reported results show between a third and just under half of students scoring proficient or above in grades 3, 5, and 6, while the fourth-grade result was suppressed from public reporting, a parent may want to ask the school about that directly. In science, the only tested grade, fifth grade, shows a bit under half of students at proficiency.
When placed next to the other school districts in Laclede County, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile. This is a meaningful point of reference, though the cohort of comparison districts in the county is small. The school's strongest relative showing appears in the later elementary grades, particularly sixth-grade math, where a majority of students reached the proficient bar. That said, the earlier elementary grades and much of the English language arts results sit in a range where many students are not yet meeting the state's benchmark, so a family focused on those early years may want to inquire about the school's approach to reading and math intervention.
As a PK-6 school, Ezard does not have a graduation rate to report; students continue on to secondary schools in the district after sixth grade. The available data did not include information on staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, or course access, so those dimensions of school life are not part of this picture. The locale brief for Conway describes a town with an active Scouting tradition and an annual community festival, but found no detail on walkability, parks, or major employers.
For a family considering Ezard, this is an elementary school serving a small, stable rural community where the district's entire grade span is concentrated in one town. Academic proficiency is mixed, stronger in the upper elementary grades and in math relative to reading, and positioned favorably within the local county comparison. The school's size and setting mean it is likely a place where teachers and families know one another. A parent may want to follow up directly with the school about how it supports students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks, particularly in the primary grades and in literacy.
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