HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM.

HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. operates as an average-sized elementary campus in WEBB CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within WEBB CITY R-VII. Current enrollment sits at 287 students spanning grades 2 through 4.

Across the 11 schools in WEBB CITY R-VII (4,623 students total), HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. Compared to Jasper County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Jasper County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Across the wider county, Jasper County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,694, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jasper County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

BESS TRUMAN PRIMARY CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HARRY S. TRUMAN ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 287). The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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