BRAYMER ELEM.

BRAYMER ELEM. is an elementary school of close-knit scale in BRAYMER, Missouri, one of the schools within BRAYMER C-4, teacheing 148 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

BRAYMER C-4 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 281 students; BRAYMER ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, BRAYMER ELEM. lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial. Compared to Caldwell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BRAYMER ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Caldwell County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRAYMER ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Caldwell County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,806 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. BRAYMER ELEM. is one of 14 public schools in Caldwell County (combined enrollment of about 1,441 students).

Nearest neighbor: BRAYMER HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BRAYMER ELEM. comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. BRAYMER ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 175 (now 148). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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