DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM.

DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in MARSHFIELD, Missouri, operated by MARSHFIELD R-I. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades 2 through 3. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. sits 38% above that benchmark.

DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. is one of 6 schools operated by MARSHFIELD R-I, a district that enrolls 3,045 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Webster County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Webster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,155 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Webster County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,210 students), of which DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. is one.

EDWIN P. HUBBLE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM..

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DANIEL WEBSTER ELEM. has climbed 7%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 94% to 88%.

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