DREXEL ELEM.

DREXEL ELEM., a rural-scale K-5 school in DREXEL, Missouri, part of DREXEL R-IV, hosts 125 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 315.

DREXEL ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by DREXEL R-IV, a district that serves 259 students overall.

In terms of who attends, DREXEL ELEM. reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting DREXEL ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cass County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, DREXEL ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cass County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. DREXEL ELEM. is one of 44 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students).

DREXEL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DREXEL ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DREXEL ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 34% since 2018, when it stood at 188 (now 125). White enrollment moved from 99% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.