FAIR GROVE ELEM.

FAIR GROVE ELEM. operates as a big primary school in FAIR GROVE, Missouri, operated by FAIR GROVE R-X. Current enrollment sits at 550 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 75% bigger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in FAIR GROVE R-X (1,296 students total), FAIR GROVE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FAIR GROVE ELEM. reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Greene County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FAIR GROVE ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.5%; actual is 9.5%, a gap of -41.0 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Greene County shows median household income runs about $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), FAIR GROVE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FAIR GROVE MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around FAIR GROVE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIR GROVE ELEM. at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025.

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