EUGENE FIELD ELEM.

Located at 711 NICKEY ST, in POPLAR BLUFF, Missouri, EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is a modestly sized primary school that caters to 227 students (grades 1 through 3), part of POPLAR BLUFF R-I. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

POPLAR BLUFF R-I comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,899 students; EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is among them.

On the student-mix side, EUGENE FIELD ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 25% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Butler County's rate of about 74%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Butler County) records that median household income runs about $49,089, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Butler County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students), EUGENE FIELD ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is POPLAR BLUFF JR. HIGH, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EUGENE FIELD ELEM..

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EUGENE FIELD ELEM. has ticked down 30%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 77% to 62% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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