EUGENE FIELD ELEM.

EUGENE FIELD ELEM. operates as an average-sized elementary campus in MEXICO, Missouri, part of MEXICO 59. Current enrollment sits at 418 students spanning grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 33% bigger than typical.

MEXICO 59 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,374 students. EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On demographics, EUGENE FIELD ELEM. reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EUGENE FIELD ELEM. has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Audrain County's rate of about 75%.

With demographic context factored in, EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; EUGENE FIELD ELEM. posts 19.5%, -29.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Audrain County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,448 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Audrain County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,243 students), EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MEXICO MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around EUGENE FIELD ELEM.. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EUGENE FIELD ELEM. ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EUGENE FIELD ELEM. has climbed 3%, going from 405 students in 2018 to 418 in 2025.

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