EAST PRAIRIE ELEM

EAST PRAIRIE ELEM, a mid-sized elementary-level community in EAST PRAIRIE, Missouri, overseen by EAST PRAIRIE R-II, instructs 412 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Within EAST PRAIRIE R-II, which oversees 3 schools and 1,003 students, EAST PRAIRIE ELEM is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EAST PRAIRIE ELEM shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, EAST PRAIRIE ELEM records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at EAST PRAIRIE ELEM qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, EAST PRAIRIE ELEM sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 19.8%, a gap of -29.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Mississippi County shows median household income runs about $48,160, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Mississippi County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,730 students), EAST PRAIRIE ELEM is one campus in the mix.

EAST PRAIRIE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST PRAIRIE ELEM at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

In the discussion threads here, members of the EAST PRAIRIE ELEM community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.