AVENUE CITY ELEM.

AVENUE CITY ELEM. is a primary school of cozy scale in COSBY, Missouri, one of the schools within AVENUE CITY R-IX, educateing 229 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 315.

AVENUE CITY R-IX is the operating authority for AVENUE CITY ELEM., handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, AVENUE CITY ELEM. logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Andrew County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, AVENUE CITY ELEM. logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 12% of students at AVENUE CITY ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Andrew County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, AVENUE CITY ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.3%.

Across the wider county, Andrew County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,625, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Andrew County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,892 students), AVENUE CITY ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN GLENN ELEM., roughly 3.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AVENUE CITY ELEM. at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AVENUE CITY ELEM. has rose 23%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.