JAMES E. FREER ELEM.

JAMES E. FREER ELEM., a mid-tier elementary school in BARNHART, Missouri, part of WINDSOR C-1, instructs 276 students, covering grades pre-K through 2.

Within WINDSOR C-1, which oversees 5 schools and 2,894 students, JAMES E. FREER ELEM. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, JAMES E. FREER ELEM. records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $82,851, 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), JAMES E. FREER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAMES E. FREER ELEM..

JAMES E. FREER ELEM. operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 89% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.