Seckman Elem., Imperial MO - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Seckman Elem.

Seckman Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Imperial, Missouri, part of the Fox C-6 School District. The school sits within a suburban-to-rural community in Jefferson County, about a half-hour drive from St. Louis, in an area where most residents own their homes and commute by car.

On state assessments, Seckman Elementary posted outcomes that place the school in the top quartile of elementary schools across Jefferson County districts when looking at overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. That is a strong result. In math, third and fourth graders scored at roughly a three-quarters proficient level, while fifth graders saw a drop to just over half proficient. English language arts proficiency was solid across the tested grades, ranging from around three-fifths to nearly two-thirds proficient, with fifth graders again showing a slightly lower figure. Fifth-grade science proficiency came in at about three-fifths. The softer math results in fifth grade are something a parent may want to discuss with the school to understand how the transition from elementary-level to more advanced content is handled.

The student body is a little over four hundred children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is overwhelmingly white in its racial composition, with a small share of Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students. About one in eight students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a relatively low proportion that points to a generally middle-income demographic. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not reported in the available records, so the school's support structures for those groups are not covered here.

The community around Seckman Elementary is primarily residential. Imperial is a census-designated place with a history of modest population growth and above-average homeownership. The housing market shows a median property value above the national figure, though precise local numbers are not in the public data used here. Property values have risen at a moderate pace. The area is auto-dependent; there is no traditional downtown within Imperial itself, though the small historic city of Kimmswick is nearby. Mastodon State Historic Site provides a local civic and cultural anchor.

For a family considering this school, the academic picture is positive on balance, with especially strong results in the earlier elementary grades and a noticeable step down in fifth-grade math that may merit a closer look. The school's size is manageable, and the peer environment is largely homogeneous. The Fox C-6 district did not publicly report any recent significant changes or initiatives in the period reviewed, so what you see now is likely what you get in the near term. The school does not offer programs beyond a standard elementary curriculum, and no information on course access, enrichment, or staffing was available. Parents looking for details on those areas would need to contact the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 376%

School 76% · District 56% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 60% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 56% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 51% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 462%

School 62% · District 56% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 56% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolFOX C-6, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income54%Higher-income69%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income68%37 pp gap