DAVID BARTON ELEM.

DAVID BARTON ELEM. operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in BOONVILLE, Missouri, operated by BOONVILLE R-I. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

BOONVILLE R-I runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,662 students. DAVID BARTON ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DAVID BARTON ELEM. records that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest reads as 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DAVID BARTON ELEM. shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Cooper County's rate of about 75%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DAVID BARTON ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cooper County shows median household income runs about $70,625, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cooper County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,425 students), DAVID BARTON ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Greenways Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAVID BARTON ELEM. at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVID BARTON ELEM. has ticked down 16%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025.

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