BLACK HAWK ELEM.

BLACK HAWK ELEM., a mid-tier elementary-level community in KAHOKA, Missouri, part of CLARK CO. R-I, works with 342 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within CLARK CO. R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 1,074 students, BLACK HAWK ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BLACK HAWK ELEM. lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, BLACK HAWK ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household earnings sit near $51,781, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. BLACK HAWK ELEM. is one of 5 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 1,074 students).

CLARK CO. MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around BLACK HAWK ELEM.. On composite proficiency, BLACK HAWK ELEM. comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLACK HAWK ELEM. has fell 14%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.