LINN CO. ELEM.

LINN CO. ELEM. is an one-room-style primary school in PURDIN, Missouri, operated by LINN CO. R-I. The school instructs 88 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 2 schools in LINN CO. R-I (171 students total), LINN CO. ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LINN CO. ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LINN CO. ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 38.2%.

In the broader community, Linn County reports that median household income runs about $61,635, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LINN CO. ELEM. is one of 13 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 2,070 students).

LINN CO. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LINN CO. ELEM. at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LINN CO. ELEM. has remained close to its prior level, going from 88 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 2% to 10%.

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