GAINESVILLE ELEM.

Set in GAINESVILLE, Missouri, GAINESVILLE ELEM. is a moderately sized primary school, run under GAINESVILLE R-V. It hosts 292 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 3 schools in GAINESVILLE R-V (605 students total), GAINESVILLE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GAINESVILLE ELEM. reports that nearly all students (99%) are White.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ozark County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GAINESVILLE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ozark County put median household earnings sit near $44,163, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ozark County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,458 students), of which GAINESVILLE ELEM. is one.

GAINESVILLE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GAINESVILLE ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.