CENTRAL ELEM.

CENTRAL ELEM. operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in WESTON, Missouri, operated by WEST PLATTE CO. R-II. Current enrollment sits at 354 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within WEST PLATTE CO. R-II, which oversees 3 schools and 745 students, CENTRAL ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CENTRAL ELEM. shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at CENTRAL ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Platte County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTRAL ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 47.8%.

Around the school, census data for Platte County shows median household income runs about $96,227, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), CENTRAL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEST PLATTE MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL ELEM. at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 388 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window.

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