HERMANN ELEM.

HERMANN ELEM., a modestly sized primary school in HERMANN, Missouri, part of GASCONADE CO. R-I, serves 247 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 22% leaner than typical.

GASCONADE CO. R-I comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 813 students; HERMANN ELEM. is among them.

On the student-mix side, HERMANN ELEM. shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at HERMANN ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, Gasconade County reports that median household income runs about $64,232, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Gasconade County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,494 students), of which HERMANN ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is HERMANN MIDDLE, roughly 0.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

HERMANN ELEM. operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 343 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.