EAST BUCHANAN ELEM.

EAST BUCHANAN ELEM., a low-enrollment elementary campus in GOWER, Missouri, one of the schools within EAST BUCHANAN CO. C-1 (025076), teaches 267 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

EAST BUCHANAN CO. C-1 (025076) runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 689 students. EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clinton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clinton County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

In the area at large, Clinton County reports that median household income runs about $70,627, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Clinton County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,692 students), EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAST BUCHANAN HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, EAST BUCHANAN ELEM. comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 321 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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