BONCL Elem.

BONCL Elem., a minimally staffed primary school in Louisiana, Missouri, part of BONCL R-X, educates 39 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

BONCL Elem. sits inside BONCL R-X, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, BONCL Elem. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Pike County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, BONCL Elem. records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pike County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Pike County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,989, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Pike County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,424 students), BONCL Elem. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOUISIANA MIDDLE, around 4.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. BONCL Elem.'s enrollment has shrank 43% since 2018, when it stood at 68 (now 39). White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 4.6:1 in 2025.

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