The reported proficiency rate for Math is 59%.
Original Research by School Decision on Stewartsville Elem.
Stewartsville Elem. serves the children of a small, rural Missouri town from prekindergarten through sixth grade. It is a regular public school and the only elementary school in the Stewartsville C-2 district. The school shares a campus on Buchanan Street with the district's high school, placing all grades on one compact site within the residential core of town. The student body is small and overwhelmingly white, with a modest share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals. This is a homogenous, close-knit setting typical of a farming community.
Stewartsville itself is a very small town in southwest DeKalb County, roughly a short drive southeast of St. Joseph. The built environment centers on a Main Street corridor with city hall, the post office, and a few historic buildings; there is no separate commercial or downtown district. Residents rely on personal vehicles for most daily needs. The town saw population loss over earlier decades but has shown modest recent growth, with household incomes and home values rising. The district did not report any major recent changes or initiatives; it operates quietly, as many small rural districts do.
Academically, the picture is limited but positive where it can be measured. Because class sizes are small, Missouri's state testing agency suppresses results for any group that is too small to report reliably. As a result, only fourth-grade math produced a reported proficiency rate for all students at Stewartsville Elem. That result showed a strong share of students meeting or exceeding state standards. All other tested grades and subjects for math, English language arts, and science were suppressed. The school did not report participation rates or scale scores for any suppressed group.
When we look across all subjects and grades where data could be compiled, the school's overall proficiency index placed in the top quartile relative to the other districts in DeKalb County. That is a meaningful strength given that the county has only four districts and the elementary school sits near the top of that small pool. It suggests that despite the limited public data, the instruction in core subjects is producing results that compare well locally.
Because the school serves only through sixth grade, it has no graduation rate of its own; that measure belongs to the high school that its students will eventually attend. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available. A parent interested in behavioral climate or attendance patterns would need to ask the school directly.
The school offers a straightforward elementary program. There was no information provided about specialized course access, staffing, discipline, or extracurricular offerings. For a school this size, families can expect a traditional curriculum with likely limited enrichment beyond the core subjects. The district's shared campus means that some facilities or resources may be used jointly with the high school.
For a family considering Stewartsville, this school represents a small, community-anchored option where students are known individually, where the academic performance among tested students was above the local average in the available year, and where the town itself offers a quiet, low-cost rural lifestyle. The main limitations are the lack of visible data on many metrics and the narrow grade span. A parent who values small classes, a close relationship with teachers, and a slow pace of life would fit here. A parent looking for a wide array of programs or detailed public accountability data would need to seek more information from the district directly.
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