The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in English language arts. The lowest is 65% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on North Platte Elem.
North Platte Elementary serves a very young population, from prekindergarten through second grade, and that grade band shapes everything about what a parent should expect. The school is small and located in Camden Point, a quiet, unincorporated-feeling village in Platte County that is part of the larger Kansas City orbit. This is not a place with a downtown or much commercial life; most residents commute out for work, and the school sits within the residential fabric of the community rather than on a separate campus.
Because the school serves only early elementary grades, most of the metrics that families typically use to evaluate schools do not apply. There is no graduation rate, no college-going data, and no advanced coursework because those are not offered at this level. State testing data is available only for third grade, and North Platte Elementary does not have third grade. The most recent assessment results on file come from the 2015–16 school year, when the school did test third graders, and those results showed a rate of proficiency that was solid in both math and English language arts. That single year of data is now quite old, and Missouri changed its testing cut scores after that year, making it difficult to compare to current performance. A parent today would want to ask the school directly about its current approach to measuring early literacy and numeracy.
The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small Hispanic population and no other racial or ethnic groups represented in the reported enrollment. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a measure of economic need. The school enrolls just over one hundred students, with roughly equal numbers in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. No prekindergarten enrollment was reported, so the pre-K program may be limited or not currently active.
The surrounding housing market is moderately expensive relative to the state. Home values in the zip code are above the Missouri median, and they have been rising at a modest pace, consistent with the slow but steady population growth in Camden Point itself. The community is growing very gradually, with no signs of a building boom or major new development. The local economy is small, with health care, manufacturing, and educational services being the largest sectors, but most employed residents work outside the town.
The district, North Platte County R-I, operates only this one school, according to publicly available information. No recent changes or initiatives at the district level were found in the available research. The school offers no programs that would be typical of a larger elementary school, such as gifted services or specialized magnet themes. There is no walkability data for the area, and car dependence is the norm, with residents averaging two vehicles per household and most driving alone to work.
For a family considering this school, the key takeaway is that it is a small, rural early-elementary building in a quiet residential community with a largely homogeneous student population. The absence of recent testing data and the narrow grade span mean that much of what a parent would want to know about academic programming must be learned through direct contact with the school. The slow growth and modest economic context suggest stability rather than rapid change. This is a school that fits a family seeking a small, community-anchored setting for the earliest years of a child’s education, with the understanding that the child will move on to another building for the upper grades within the same district.
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