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Salem Upper Elem. School

Serves grades 2 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1601 S Doss Rd
Salem, MO 65560
Phone
(573) 729-6642
District
SALEM R-80
County
DENT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
322
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

5

(10 is best)

Better than 46.5% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Salem Upper Elem. School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
39%
43%
40%
44%
38%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 2 90 28.0%
Grade 3 88 27.3%
Grade 4 66 20.5%
Grade 5 78 24.2%
Total 322 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.8% 94.6% 72.9%
Black 1.0% 0.6% 16.0%
Hispanic 2.9% 3.7% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.3% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.8% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 56.8% 46.7% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 47.8% 39.7% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.0% 7.0% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,160 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 58.1 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 21.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,712 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 14.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.7% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.2% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 2.1% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 3.2% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.9% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 24.1% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 19.8% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,220 $7,647,300 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $430 $629,950 4.6%
Staff $188 $275,420 2.0%
General Administration $938 $1,374,170 10.0%
School Administration $463 $678,295 4.9%
Operation $751 $1,100,215 8.0%
Transportation $429 $628,485 4.6%
Other $114 $167,010 1.2%
Total Support $3,313 $4,853,545 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $868 $1,271,620 9.2%
Total Expenditures $9,401 $13,772,465 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,795,155,054 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $714,661,677 5.9%
Staff $451 $401,478,432 3.3%
General Administration $659 $586,244,964 4.8%
School Administration $683 $607,519,509 5.0%
Operation $1,159 $1,031,529,375 8.4%
Transportation $563 $501,220,569 4.1%
Other $256 $227,837,374 1.9%
Total Support $4,573 $4,070,502,909 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,631 $2,341,852,253 19.2%
Total Expenditures $13,715 $12,207,556,350 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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