COMMUNITY ELEM.

COMMUNITY ELEM. is a compact K-5 school in LADDONIA, Missouri, operated by COMMUNITY R-VI. The school teaches 144 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

COMMUNITY ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by COMMUNITY R-VI, a district that serves 298 students overall.

Looking at the student body, COMMUNITY ELEM. logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, COMMUNITY ELEM. has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at COMMUNITY ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Audrain County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COMMUNITY ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 68.7%, a residual of +18.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Audrain County put the typical household earns roughly $59,448 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Audrain County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,243 students), COMMUNITY ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

COMMUNITY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMMUNITY ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 143 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the COMMUNITY ELEM. community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.