KELSO ELEM.

KELSO ELEM. is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in BENTON, Missouri, overseen by KELSO C-7, with 199 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

KELSO ELEM. sits inside KELSO C-7, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, KELSO ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KELSO ELEM. has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at KELSO ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Scott County's rate of about 78%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KELSO ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household earnings sit near $62,782, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Scott County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students), of which KELSO ELEM. is one.

ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KELSO ELEM. comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. KELSO ELEM.'s enrollment has increased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 199). Class-load math has rose: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the KELSO ELEM. community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.