ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.

As a mid-sized K-5 school in CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. hosts 332 students from grades K through 4, one of the schools within CAPE GIRARDEAU 63.

ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. is one of 8 schools operated by CAPE GIRARDEAU 63, a district that educates 4,310 students overall.

On the student-mix side, ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cape Girardeau County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cape Girardeau County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. posts 28.5%, -20.9 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cape Girardeau County) reports that median household earnings sit near $68,464, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cape Girardeau County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,025 students), ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLIPPARD ELEM., roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. ALMA SCHRADER ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 332). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.