JONESBURG ELEM.

As a small elementary campus in JONESBURG, Missouri, JONESBURG ELEM. caters to 149 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by MONTGOMERY CO. R-II. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 4 schools in MONTGOMERY CO. R-II (1,075 students total), JONESBURG ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, JONESBURG ELEM. reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JONESBURG ELEM. has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JONESBURG ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $65,500, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Montgomery County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,336 students), of which JONESBURG ELEM. is one.

Hopewell Acad Early Chld Cntr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, JONESBURG ELEM. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 191 students in 2018 compared to 149 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 93% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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