MAIN STREET ELEM.

MAIN STREET ELEM. is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in TROY, Missouri, operated by TROY R-III, hosting 423 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

MAIN STREET ELEM. is one of 11 schools operated by TROY R-III, a district that works with 6,510 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAIN STREET ELEM. lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Lincoln County's rate of about 33%.

After controlling for student poverty, MAIN STREET ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 34.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,278 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Lincoln County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,367 students), of which MAIN STREET ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLAUDE BROWN ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAIN STREET ELEM. at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAIN STREET ELEM. has shrank 10%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for MAIN STREET ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.