LIBERAL ELEM.

Set in LIBERAL, Missouri, LIBERAL ELEM. is a very small elementary campus, run under LIBERAL R-II. It hosts 116 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so LIBERAL ELEM. sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in LIBERAL R-II (271 students total), LIBERAL ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LIBERAL ELEM. shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting LIBERAL ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIBERAL ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Barton County put the typical household earns roughly $51,635 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Barton County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,593 students), of which LIBERAL ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is LIBERAL MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LIBERAL ELEM. comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. LIBERAL ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 165 (now 116). The White share of enrollment grew from 93% to 97% over that span.

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