JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER

JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER is a primary school of sizable scale in NIXA, Missouri, part of Nixa Public Schools, hosting 493 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Nixa Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,792 students; JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER is among them.

On demographics, JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER higher than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Christian County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 52.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Christian County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,437, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Christian County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students), of which JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER is one.

The closest other public school is NIXA JUNIOR HIGH, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOHN THOMAS SCHOOL OF DISCOVER's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 493).

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