BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 357 JOST STREET, in BOURBON, Missouri, BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that educates 316 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of CRAWFORD CO. R-I.

Across the 3 schools in CRAWFORD CO. R-I (827 students total), BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Crawford County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Crawford County shows median household income runs about $57,629, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Crawford County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BOURBON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.