MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.

MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. operates as a large elementary school in COLUMBIA, Missouri, overseen by COLUMBIA 93. Current enrollment sits at 619 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 97% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within COLUMBIA 93, which oversees 34 schools and 18,640 students, MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 20% Black, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.6%; MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. posts 81.8%, +31.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Boone County) shows that median household income runs about $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is SMITHTON MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM. at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 15% to 20% across the same window.

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