MARIONVILLE ELEM

Located at 200 W. Odell, in Marionville, Missouri, MARIONVILLE ELEM is a moderately sized primary school that instructs 370 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by MARIONVILLE R-IX.

MARIONVILLE R-IX comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 735 students; MARIONVILLE ELEM is among them.

Looking at the student body, MARIONVILLE ELEM logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARIONVILLE ELEM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 64.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lawrence County shows median household income runs about $61,215, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Lawrence County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,271 students), of which MARIONVILLE ELEM is one.

The closest other public school is MARIONVILLE MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARIONVILLE ELEM at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARIONVILLE ELEM has edged up 7%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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