EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR., a cozy elementary campus in DESOTO, Missouri, run under DESOTO 73, instructs 146 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

DESOTO 73 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,464 students. EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. lists that nearly all students (97%) are White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 38%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $82,851, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. is one.

DESOTO SR. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR..

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. has contracted 12%, going from 165 students in 2018 to 146 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.