MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY

MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in REPUBLIC, Missouri, part of REPUBLIC R-III, serveing 468 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 49% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

REPUBLIC R-III runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,318 students. MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Greene County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

Nearest neighbor: SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 468 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 90% to 84% over that span.

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