JOHN GLENN ELEM.

JOHN GLENN ELEM., a reasonably sized K-5 school in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, overseen by SAVANNAH R-III, instructs 280 students, covering grades K through 5.

SAVANNAH R-III runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,390 students. JOHN GLENN ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, JOHN GLENN ELEM. shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN GLENN ELEM. falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.6%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -23.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Andrew County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,625, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JOHN GLENN ELEM. is one of 11 public schools in Andrew County (combined enrollment of about 2,892 students).

The closest other public school is PERSHING ELEM., roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JOHN GLENN ELEM. comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN GLENN ELEM. has decreased 5%, going from 296 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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