Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE

Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE is an one-room-style elementary campus in BOLIVAR, Missouri, run under LAKELAND R-III. The school hosts 72 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 77% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

LAKELAND R-III runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 475 students. Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Polk County's rate of about 55%.

Around the school, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $59,647, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Polk County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,965 students), of which Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOLIVAR PRIMARY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Exceptional Pupil Coop.-ECSE.

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

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.