MACON ELEMENTARY

Located at 702 N MISSOURI, in MACON, Missouri, MACON ELEMENTARY is a roomy elementary-level community that hosts 509 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within MACON CO. R-I. That puts it 62% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within MACON CO. R-I, which oversees 3 schools and 1,174 students, MACON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MACON ELEMENTARY records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MACON ELEMENTARY has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MACON ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MACON ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.3%; actual is 28.0%, a gap of -22.3 points.

In the area at large, Macon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,357 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Macon County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,015 students), MACON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MACON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MACON ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 581 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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