HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR

HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in HOUSE SPRINGS, Missouri, operated by NORTHWEST R-I. Current enrollment sits at 230 students spanning grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 315.

NORTHWEST R-I runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,815 students. HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Jefferson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Jefferson County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR is one campus in the mix.

HOUSE SPRINGS ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOUSE SPRINGS EARLY CHILD CTR has edged up 24%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 230 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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