HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY

HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY operates as a compact primary school in SUNRISE BEACH, Missouri, overseen by CAMDENTON R-III. Current enrollment sits at 157 students spanning grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 50% smaller than typical.

Across the 8 schools in CAMDENTON R-III (3,835 students total), HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate median household income runs about $66,387, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Camden County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students), of which HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY is one.

OSAGE BEACH ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 157).

On the community side, the feed for HURRICANE DECK ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.