GERALD ELEM.

GERALD ELEM. is one of the moderately sized primary schools in GERALD, Missouri, operated by GASCONADE CO. R-II, with 283 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 4 schools in GASCONADE CO. R-II (1,771 students total), GERALD ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, GERALD ELEM. records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GERALD ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -10.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Franklin County put the typical household earns roughly $73,165 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), of which GERALD ELEM. is one.

OWENSVILLE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, GERALD ELEM. comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

GERALD ELEM. operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 307 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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