HIGBEE ELEM.

HIGBEE ELEM., a very small elementary-level community in HIGBEE, Missouri, overseen by HIGBEE R-VIII, enrolls 104 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 67% smaller than typical.

HIGBEE ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by HIGBEE R-VIII, a district that instructs 278 students overall.

Demographically, HIGBEE ELEM. records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGBEE ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.3%; HIGBEE ELEM. posts 27.0%, -23.2 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Randolph County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,033 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. HIGBEE ELEM. is one of 17 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 3,375 students).

HIGBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIGBEE ELEM. at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. HIGBEE ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 104).

In the discussion threads here, the feed for HIGBEE ELEM. typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.