The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Tipton Elem.
Tipton Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Tipton R-VI district, a small rural system in western Moniteau County. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and sits in the town of Tipton, a community that has seen population decline over recent decades. The town itself is a compact Missouri highway crossroads, with a downtown area, a public library, and a historic eight-ball water tower that marks the site of a former pool-table factory that was once the largest employer. The median household income in Tipton is low, and a notable share of the population lives below the poverty line. The school’s enrollment of roughly 265 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade reflects the town’s small size and rural setting.
The student body is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and very small numbers of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that aligns with the town’s modest economic profile. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source materials, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.
On the Missouri Assessment Program, Tipton Elementary’s results are mixed. In third-grade math, roughly half of students scored at the proficient or advanced level. In fourth-grade math, that share was lower, and in fifth-grade math it was similar to the fourth-grade figure. In third-grade English language arts, a little under half of students met the proficiency bar. Fourth- and fifth-grade English language arts results, as well as fifth-grade science results, were suppressed in the data, so no public picture is available for those grade-subject combinations. The school’s overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it above the midpoint among the handful of districts in Moniteau County, though the county is small and the comparison set is limited.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. That is simply a function of the grade band. The school is a regular public elementary school, not an alternative or special-purpose school, and it is part of the Tipton R-VI district. No information was available on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing ratios, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes and student support structures.
Housing in the Tipton area is notably more affordable than the state or national median, with home values well below the Missouri average. The town’s population has been declining, and the loss of its historic manufacturing employer has left the school district as one of the main public-sector employers. The district brief turned up no recent major changes such as referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts, so the school appears to be operating in a stable, if economically modest, local context.
For a family considering Tipton Elementary, the picture is one of a small, rural school serving a community that has seen better economic times. The student body is overwhelmingly white, and about half of families qualify for income-based meal assistance. Academic performance in the grades and subjects where data is available shows a share of students meeting state standards that is above the midpoint among Moniteau County districts, though the county is small and the comparison set is narrow. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to consider. A parent looking at this school will want to ask about the fourth- and fifth-grade English language arts and science results, which were not publicly reported, and about special education and English learner services, for which data was also absent. The town itself is small, car-dependent, and has seen population decline, with the school district standing as a key local institution.
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