CHILHOWEE ELEM.

CHILHOWEE ELEM., a micro-enrollment K-5 school in CHILHOWEE, Missouri, one of the schools within CHILHOWEE R-IV, works with 56 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 82% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

CHILHOWEE ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by CHILHOWEE R-IV, a district that enrolls 135 students overall.

Demographically, CHILHOWEE ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 5% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHILHOWEE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.5%.

Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $67,272, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,058 students), of which CHILHOWEE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is CHILHOWEE HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHILHOWEE ELEM. at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 40%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 56 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 today.

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