ADAIR CO. ELEM.

ADAIR CO. ELEM. operates as a very small primary school in NOVINGER, Missouri, part of ADAIR CO. R-I. Current enrollment sits at 105 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ADAIR CO. ELEM. sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in ADAIR CO. R-I (206 students total), ADAIR CO. ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ADAIR CO. ELEM. logs that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at school resources, ADAIR CO. ELEM. lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ADAIR CO. ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 51.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Adair County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,536, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ADAIR CO. ELEM. is one of 9 public schools in Adair County (combined enrollment of about 2,724 students).

The closest other public school is ADAIR CO. HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ADAIR CO. ELEM. at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

ADAIR CO. ELEM. operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADAIR CO. ELEM. has fell 4%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 105 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.