MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY

Set in MATTHEWS, Missouri, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY is a close-knit K-5 school, operated by NEW MADRID CO. R-I. It caters to 139 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY is one of 5 schools operated by NEW MADRID CO. R-I, a district that educates 1,259 students overall.

On demographics, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (New Madrid County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,881 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, New Madrid County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,664 students), of which MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WING ELEM., around 7.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 153 (now 139). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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