GLENWOOD ELEM.

GLENWOOD ELEM., a cozy elementary-level community in WEST PLAINS, Missouri, one of the schools within GLENWOOD R-VIII, educates 252 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, GLENWOOD ELEM. answers to GLENWOOD R-VIII, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, GLENWOOD ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%).

Looking at school resources, On paper, GLENWOOD ELEM. has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, GLENWOOD 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 63.8%, a residual of +13.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Howell County shows median household income runs about $50,993, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GLENWOOD ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Howell County (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students).

The closest other public school is HOWELL VALLEY ELEM., roughly 3.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GLENWOOD ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. GLENWOOD ELEM.'s enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 239 (now 252). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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