HAWK POINT ELEM.

Set in HAWK POINT, Missouri, HAWK POINT ELEM. is a modestly sized elementary school, one of the schools within TROY R-III. It teaches 131 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within TROY R-III, which oversees 11 schools and 6,510 students, HAWK POINT ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HAWK POINT ELEM. records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, HAWK POINT ELEM. shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, HAWK POINT ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.8%; HAWK POINT ELEM. posts 79.2%, +28.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Lincoln County shows median household earnings sit near $89,278, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Lincoln County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,367 students), of which HAWK POINT ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOONE ELEM., around 7.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAWK POINT ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

HAWK POINT ELEM. operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 128 students in 2018 compared to 131 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.