CENTRAL ELEM.

CENTRAL ELEM. operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in PARK HILLS, Missouri, part of CENTRAL R-III. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 315.

CENTRAL ELEM. is one of 4 schools operated by CENTRAL R-III, a district that hosts 2,041 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL ELEM. shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CENTRAL ELEM. has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Francois County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,477, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Francois County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,962 students), of which CENTRAL ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH COUNTY PARKSIDE ELEM., around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL ELEM..

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CENTRAL ELEM.'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 530). The White share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 90% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.