MAPLE GROVE ELEM.

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in DITTMER, Missouri, MAPLE GROVE ELEM. enrolls 425 students from grades K through 5, run under NORTHWEST R-I. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MAPLE GROVE ELEM. sits 35% above that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in NORTHWEST R-I (5,815 students total), MAPLE GROVE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAPLE GROVE ELEM. reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at MAPLE GROVE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jefferson County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAPLE GROVE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

Around the school, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Jefferson County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), MAPLE GROVE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTHWEST HIGH, roughly 4.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAPLE GROVE ELEM. at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

MAPLE GROVE ELEM. operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. MAPLE GROVE ELEM.'s enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 425).

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