MILL CREEK ELEM.

MILL CREEK ELEM. is a primary school of heavily attended scale in COLUMBIA, Missouri, operated by COLUMBIA 93, educateing 583 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 85% bigger than typical.

Across the 34 schools in COLUMBIA 93 (18,640 students total), MILL CREEK ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MILL CREEK ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Asian, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MILL CREEK ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at MILL CREEK ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Boone County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MILL CREEK 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 51.0%; MILL CREEK ELEM. posts 85.0%, +34.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Boone County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,758 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boone County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), MILL CREEK ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN WARNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MILL CREEK ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MILL CREEK ELEM. at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 648 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 79% to 60%.

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