FISK ELEMENTARY

Set in FISK, Missouri, FISK ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school, part of TWIN RIVERS R-X. It educates 309 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Within TWIN RIVERS R-X, which oversees 4 schools and 796 students, FISK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FISK ELEMENTARY logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Butler County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting FISK ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at FISK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FISK ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $49,089, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Butler County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students), FISK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE ROAD ELEM., around 6.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, FISK ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. FISK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 309). The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.