BERNIE ELEM.

BERNIE ELEM., a mid-sized elementary campus in BERNIE, Missouri, overseen by BERNIE R-XIII, works with 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

BERNIE R-XIII runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 478 students. BERNIE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BERNIE ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at BERNIE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Stoddard County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, BERNIE ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.1%; actual is 71.4%, +21.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Stoddard County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,957, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Stoddard County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), of which BERNIE ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: BERNIE HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERNIE ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

BERNIE ELEM. operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. BERNIE ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 283). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 90% to 86%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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