CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE

Located at 550 W LAKEVIEW, in CENTRALIA, Missouri, CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE is a moderately sized elementary school that enrolls 273 students (grades 3 through 5), overseen by CENTRALIA R-VI.

Within CENTRALIA R-VI, which oversees 4 schools and 1,343 students, CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Boone County put median household earnings sit near $72,758, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE is one.

The closest other public school is CHANCE ELEM., roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 326 (now 273). White enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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