KNOB NOSTER ELEM.

KNOB NOSTER ELEM. operates as a big elementary campus in KNOB NOSTER, Missouri, one of the schools within KNOB NOSTER R-VIII. Current enrollment sits at 550 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 75% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

KNOB NOSTER R-VIII runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,007 students. KNOB NOSTER ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, KNOB NOSTER ELEM. records that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder looks like 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Pacific Islander, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KNOB NOSTER ELEM. has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% 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, KNOB NOSTER ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.5%; KNOB NOSTER ELEM. posts 71.8%, +21.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $67,272, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Johnson County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,058 students), KNOB NOSTER ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KNOB NOSTER MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around KNOB NOSTER ELEM.. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KNOB NOSTER ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KNOB NOSTER ELEM. has climbed 44%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 83% to 76%.

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