DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C

DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C is an one-room-style elementary campus in PACIFIC, Missouri, run under MERAMEC VALLEY R-III. The school works with 23 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C sits 93% leaner than that benchmark.

MERAMEC VALLEY R-III runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,131 students. DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $73,165, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), DORIS HOFFMAN EARLY LEARNING C is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ZITZMAN ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 73%: 84 students in 2018 compared to 23 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 93% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 2.4:1 today.

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