Labadie Elementary

Labadie Elementary operates as a tiny K-5 school in Labadie, Missouri, run under WASHINGTON. Current enrollment sits at 115 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Labadie Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by WASHINGTON, a district that serves 3,543 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Labadie Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Labadie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Franklin County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Labadie Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 60.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $73,165, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), Labadie Elementary is one campus in the mix.

COLEMAN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Labadie Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Labadie Elementary's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 139 (now 115). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.