EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Set in MARYVILLE, Missouri, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a cozy primary school, run under MARYVILLE R-II. It enrolls 172 students across grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER sits 45% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in MARYVILLE R-II (1,408 students total), EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Nodaway County shows median household earnings sit near $59,315, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 17 public schools in Nodaway County (combined enrollment of about 2,410 students).

Nearest neighbor: EUGENE FIELD ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.