BLANCHARD ELEM.

BLANCHARD ELEM. is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, run under CAPE GIRARDEAU 63, instructing 326 students in grades pre-K through 4.

CAPE GIRARDEAU 63 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,310 students. BLANCHARD ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BLANCHARD ELEM. lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Black, 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BLANCHARD 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. Set against Cape Girardeau County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLANCHARD ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 59.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cape Girardeau County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,464 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cape Girardeau County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,025 students), of which BLANCHARD ELEM. is one.

GIRARDOT CENTER FOR YOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLANCHARD ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

BLANCHARD ELEM. operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. BLANCHARD ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 326). Black enrollment moved from 33% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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