LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE

LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE is a modestly sized middle school in BOONVILLE, Missouri, operated by BOONVILLE R-I. The school enrolls 313 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 32% smaller than typical.

Within BOONVILLE R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 1,662 students, LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest breaks down as 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cooper County (around 75%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +2.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cooper County put median household earnings sit near $70,625, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE is one of 17 public schools in Cooper County (combined enrollment of about 2,425 students).

The closest other public school is Greenways Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAURA SPEED ELLIOTT MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 313). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 83% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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