Original Research by School Decision on Northeast Nodaway Elementary
Northeast Nodaway Elementary is a regular public school in Ravenwood, Missouri, serving prekindergarten through sixth grade. It is part of the Northeast Nodaway R-V school district, which is a small rural district in Nodaway County. The school building is located on High School Avenue in Ravenwood, a very small, predominantly residential village in the eastern part of the county.
Ravenwood itself is a compact rural village that sits near the Platte River and was platted along a railroad line. The village covers a very small area and is largely composed of owner-occupied single-family homes. The community has experienced a modest population decline in recent years, and available sources do not point to any major new housing or commercial development. For most services and employment, residents look to nearby Maryville, the county seat about a short drive to the west. The rural setting means Northeast Nodaway Elementary functions as a neighborhood school for the village and the surrounding farmland.
The school has a small enrollment, consistent with a village of this size. The student body is overwhelmingly white, which reflects the demographic makeup of the broader area. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of household income that suggests a notable portion of families face economic challenges. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the public data for this school.
The most important thing for a parent to know about Northeast Nodaway Elementary is that state testing data is not reported for the school. Missouri administers the MAP assessment in math, English language arts, and science in the tested grades, but every grade-level proficiency result here is suppressed. This is because the number of students tested in each grade was very small, falling below the threshold that the state uses to protect student privacy. The school reported tested counts for each grade, but those counts were too low to release proficiency rates or average scale scores. As a result, there is no publicly accessible measure of academic performance for this school from the state testing program. No comparison data relative to other districts in Nodaway County is available either, for the same reason: the school’s own metrics are missing.
Because the school only goes through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. Information on chronic absenteeism, course access, staffing, discipline, and the school’s Title I status was not included in the available data. The district brief turned up no recent public reports of significant changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property tax adjustments.
What this means for a family considering Northeast Nodaway Elementary is that the usual public benchmarks for academic performance are simply not available. The school is small, rural, and serves a low-to-moderate-income population in a quiet village with a slightly declining population. Without test results, the best way to evaluate the school is through direct contact: visiting the school, speaking with the principal and teachers, and asking about classroom practices, curriculum, and the kinds of support the school offers for students who need extra help. The school’s size may mean smaller class sizes and more individualized attention, but the data does not confirm that one way or the other. A parent should look into it further by reaching out to the school directly.
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