EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM.

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in ELLSINORE, Missouri, EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. serves 364 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under EAST CARTER CO. R-II.

EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by EAST CARTER CO. R-II, a district that hosts 698 students overall.

On the student-mix side, EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -12.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Carter County) records that the typical household earns roughly $50,000 per year, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Carter County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,164 students), EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EAST CARTER CO. R-II MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

EAST CARTER CO. R-II ELEM. operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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