GASCONADE ELEM.

Located at 32959 HWY 32, in FALCON, Missouri, GASCONADE ELEM. is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community that hosts 97 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by GASCONADE C-4. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

GASCONADE C-4 is the operating authority for GASCONADE ELEM., handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, GASCONADE ELEM. shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, GASCONADE ELEM. records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting GASCONADE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GASCONADE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 62.6%, a residual of +12.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Laclede County put the typical household earns roughly $53,282 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. GASCONADE ELEM. is one of 12 public schools in Laclede County (combined enrollment of about 5,763 students).

Missouri Digital Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.6 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GASCONADE ELEM. at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 49%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 6.8:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for GASCONADE ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.