HEBER HUNT ELEM.

Located at 600 S WARREN, in SEDALIA, Missouri, HEBER HUNT ELEM. is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 448 students (grades K through 4), run under SEDALIA 200. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 315.

SEDALIA 200 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,209 students. HEBER HUNT ELEM. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HEBER HUNT ELEM. shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Pettis County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at HEBER HUNT ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Pettis County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HEBER HUNT ELEM. falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.8%; this one comes in at 24.0%, -25.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Pettis County shows median household income runs about $60,430, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pettis County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,820 students), of which HEBER HUNT ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is HORACE MANN ELEM., roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEBER HUNT ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEBER HUNT ELEM. has decreased 3%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 57% to 51%.

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