GOLDEN CITY ELEM.

GOLDEN CITY ELEM. is a tiny elementary-level community in GOLDEN CITY, Missouri, operated by GOLDEN CITY R-III. The school teaches 76 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 76% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

GOLDEN CITY ELEM. is one of 2 schools operated by GOLDEN CITY R-III, a district that caters to 164 students overall.

On demographics, GOLDEN CITY ELEM. logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting GOLDEN CITY ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Barton County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOLDEN CITY ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Barton County put median household income runs about $51,635, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Barton County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,593 students), GOLDEN CITY ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GOLDEN CITY HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOLDEN CITY ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 21%: 96 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 1% to 7%. Class-load math has fell: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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