CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY

Located at 900 WASHINGTON AVE, in CARUTHERSVILLE, Missouri, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is a sizable K-5 school that teaches 475 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within CARUTHERSVILLE 18. Enrollment runs roughly 51% above the state mean of about 315.

CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by CARUTHERSVILLE 18, a district that serves 918 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY lists that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Pemiscot County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 25.4%, a gap of -24.0 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pemiscot County put the typical household earns roughly $40,089 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: CARUTHERSVILLE HIGH, around 0.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 44% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the CARUTHERSVILLE ELEMENTARY community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.