The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 41% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Cuba Elem.
Cuba Elementary serves students from kindergarten through fourth grade as part of the Crawford County R-II school district. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it sits in the small town of Cuba, Missouri, a community that blends residential life with a historic Route 66 tourism corridor. The town is known for its outdoor murals and has a modest, slow-growing population. The school is physically separate from the Uptown historic district, housed on a campus away from the commercial core.
The district itself has no notable recent changes publicly reported, so parents considering this school can focus on what the elementary building offers directly.
Academically, Cuba Elementary's state testing results paint a mixed picture that improves as students move up. In math, third graders reached proficiency at a rate that was below the state average for that grade, but fourth graders came in at a noticeably higher level. English language arts results followed a similar pattern, with third graders below the state benchmark and fourth graders closer to it. Across both subjects and both tested grades, the school's overall proficiency stands above the midpoint of schools in Crawford County—in fact, it held the stronger position among the county's few district-level comparisons. This suggests that while early primary achievement may be a soft spot a parent would want to investigate further, the school's fourth-grade cohort shows stronger command of grade-level material.
Because this is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, no college readiness data, and no chronic absenteeism metric in the available records. Discipline data, staffing details, and course access information were also absent, so a family considering this school may wish to ask the school directly about class sizes, teacher retention, and behavioral supports.
The student body is economically diverse: a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially, the enrollment is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic and Black students. The school serves roughly the size one would expect for a K-4 building in a small town, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across kindergarten through fourth grade. No data was available on students with disabilities or English learners, so those are gaps a parent should inquire about.
Housing in the Cuba area is modestly priced relative to both the state of Missouri and the nation. Home values have risen in the past year, but they remain below state and national medians. The town's economy relies on small businesses, tourism along the Route 66 corridor, local government, and the school district itself. Major employers were not identified in public sources, reinforcing the sense of a small, locally driven economy. Growth is slow, with no large new housing developments or commercial projects reported.
Cuba Elementary is a school that appears to provide a solid, if uneven, academic start for its students. Its fourth-grade results are a clear strength, while third-grade performance is an area a parent would want to monitor or discuss with teachers. The school sits within a quiet, slowly growing town where housing is affordable and the community has a distinct historic identity. Families moving to the area should expect a small-school environment with the typical constraints on course breadth that come with a K-4 setting, and they may need to look beyond the available data for a full picture of student support services.
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