EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a primary school of small scale in Republic, Missouri, overseen by REPUBLIC R-III, enrolling 234 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER sits 26% below that benchmark.

REPUBLIC R-III comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,318 students; EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is among them.

Looking at the student body, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Greene County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

The closest other public school is PRICE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER has expanded 100%, going from 117 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 82%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.