FIELD ELEM.

FIELD ELEM. is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, operated by ST. JOSEPH, with 336 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within ST. JOSEPH, which oversees 22 schools and 10,430 students, FIELD ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, FIELD ELEM. logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 16% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, FIELD ELEM. reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at FIELD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Buchanan County (around 69%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, FIELD ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.3%; FIELD ELEM. posts 76.3%, +26.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Buchanan County shows median household income runs about $62,158, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Buchanan County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students), of which FIELD ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLEMAN ELEM., around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FIELD ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

FIELD ELEM. operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. FIELD ELEM.'s enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 336). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 62%.

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