BOWLING GREEN ELEM.

BOWLING GREEN ELEM., a reasonably sized K-5 school in BOWLING GREEN, Missouri, operated by BOWLING GREEN R-I, caters to 472 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

BOWLING GREEN R-I runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,243 students. BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BOWLING GREEN ELEM. shows that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest is composed of 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BOWLING GREEN ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 61.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pike County put the typical household earns roughly $54,989 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Pike County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,424 students), BOWLING GREEN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BOWLING GREEN MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOWLING GREEN ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

BOWLING GREEN ELEM. operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOWLING GREEN ELEM. has contracted 11%, going from 533 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 5% to 1% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.