COWGILL ELEM.

Located at 341 E 6TH ST, in COWGILL, Missouri, COWGILL ELEM. is a minimally staffed primary school that educates 38 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of COWGILL R-VI. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

COWGILL ELEM. sits inside COWGILL R-VI, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, COWGILL ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%).

In terms of school funding signals, COWGILL ELEM. records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Caldwell County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Caldwell County shows median household earnings sit near $64,806, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. COWGILL ELEM. is one of 14 public schools in Caldwell County (combined enrollment of about 1,441 students).

Nearest neighbor: POLO HIGH, around 6.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. COWGILL ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 30% since 2018, when it stood at 54 (now 38). Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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