CHADWICK ELEMENTARY

CHADWICK ELEMENTARY, an intimate elementary-level community in CHADWICK, Missouri, overseen by CHADWICK R-I, teaches 155 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

CHADWICK ELEMENTARY is one of 2 schools operated by CHADWICK R-I, a district that instructs 277 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CHADWICK ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the income-and-resources front, CHADWICK ELEMENTARY logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Christian County's rate of about 33%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHADWICK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 56.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Christian County shows median household income runs about $83,437, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Christian County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students), of which CHADWICK ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is CHADWICK HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHADWICK ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.7%.

CHADWICK ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. CHADWICK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 148 (now 155).

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