HORACE MANN ELEM.

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in SEDALIA, Missouri, HORACE MANN ELEM. caters to 276 students from grades K through 4, operated by SEDALIA 200.

SEDALIA 200 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,209 students; HORACE MANN ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, HORACE MANN ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Pettis County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HORACE MANN ELEM. has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HORACE MANN ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 64.8%, a residual of +14.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pettis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,430 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. HORACE MANN ELEM. is one of 20 public schools in Pettis County (combined enrollment of about 6,820 students).

HEBER HUNT ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HORACE MANN ELEM.. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HORACE MANN ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORACE MANN ELEM. has remained close to its prior level, going from 281 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 60% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for HORACE MANN ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.