HELENA ELEM.

Located at 21080 OSAGE ST, in HELENA, Missouri, HELENA ELEM. is an one-room-style elementary-level community that educates 99 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within SAVANNAH R-III. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

HELENA ELEM. is one of 7 schools operated by SAVANNAH R-III, a district that hosts 2,390 students overall.

On the student-mix side, HELENA ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Andrew County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HELENA ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Andrew County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,625 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HELENA ELEM. is one of 11 public schools in Andrew County (combined enrollment of about 2,892 students).

Nearest neighbor: UNION STAR ELEM., around 5.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HELENA ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HELENA ELEM. has expanded 16%, going from 85 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On this page, the feed for HELENA ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.