ANDERSON ELEM.

Located at 512 CHAPMAN ST, in ANDERSON, Missouri, ANDERSON ELEM. is an expansive elementary school that hosts 521 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by MCDONALD CO. R-I. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ANDERSON ELEM. sits 65% larger than that benchmark.

MCDONALD CO. R-I comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,595 students; ANDERSON ELEM. is among them.

Looking at the student body, ANDERSON ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 5% Pacific Islander, 4% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McDonald County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ANDERSON ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the broader community, census data for McDonald County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,375 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, McDonald County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,867 students), of which ANDERSON ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANDERSON ELEM. at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. ANDERSON ELEM.'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 521).

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