HILLVIEW ELEM.

HILLVIEW ELEM. is one of the cozy K-5 schools in HARVIELL, Missouri, run under NEELYVILLE R-IV, with 144 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

HILLVIEW ELEM. is one of 3 schools operated by NEELYVILLE R-IV, a district that teaches 633 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HILLVIEW ELEM. shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Butler County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Butler County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $49,089 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILLVIEW ELEM. is one of 20 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students).

Nearest neighbor: NEELYVILLE ELEM., around 7.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

HILLVIEW ELEM. operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 173 students in 2018 compared to 144 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 95% to 88%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.