MARQUAND ELEM.

MARQUAND ELEM. is one of the tiny K-5 schools in MARQUAND, Missouri, part of MARQUAND-ZION R-VI, with 72 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 77% below typical.

MARQUAND-ZION R-VI runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 128 students. MARQUAND ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On demographics, MARQUAND ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Black, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Madison County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Madison County's rate of about 57%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARQUAND ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Madison County shows median household income runs about $54,434, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Madison County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,011 students), of which MARQUAND ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARQUAND-ZION HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARQUAND ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MARQUAND ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 90 (now 72). White enrollment moved from 99% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 45.0:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for MARQUAND ELEM. typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.