BELLEVIEW ELEM.

BELLEVIEW ELEM. is a minimally staffed elementary-level community in BELLEVIEW, Missouri, operated by BELLEVIEW R-III. The school works with 81 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BELLEVIEW ELEM. sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

BELLEVIEW ELEM. is a school of BELLEVIEW R-III, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, BELLEVIEW ELEM. lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic. Compared to Iron County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BELLEVIEW ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Iron County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BELLEVIEW ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.4%; actual is 69.9%, +20.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Iron County shows median household earnings sit near $48,850, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Iron County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,669 students), BELLEVIEW ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

CALEDONIA ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BELLEVIEW ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELLEVIEW ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 37%: 129 students in 2018 compared to 81 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BELLEVIEW ELEM. community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.