LILBOURN ELEMENTARY

LILBOURN ELEMENTARY, a close-knit K-5 school in LILBOURN, Missouri, overseen by NEW MADRID CO. R-I, instructs 233 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

LILBOURN ELEMENTARY is one of 5 schools operated by NEW MADRID CO. R-I, a district that serves 1,259 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LILBOURN ELEMENTARY reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, New Madrid County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, LILBOURN ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the area at large, New Madrid County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,881, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LILBOURN ELEMENTARY is one of 14 public schools in New Madrid County (combined enrollment of about 2,664 students).

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LILBOURN ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 284 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 50% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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