MONTROSE ELEM.

As a rural-scale elementary-level community in MONTROSE, Missouri, MONTROSE ELEM. caters to 17 students from grades K through 6, operated by MONTROSE R-XIV. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so MONTROSE ELEM. sits 95% below that benchmark.

Within MONTROSE R-XIV, which oversees 2 schools and 62 students, MONTROSE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONTROSE ELEM. shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 18% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MONTROSE ELEM. has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting MONTROSE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at MONTROSE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Henry County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Henry County shows median household earnings sit near $57,926, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MONTROSE ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 2,878 students).

MONTROSE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONTROSE ELEM. has edged down 77%, going from 73 students in 2018 to 17 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 99% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 today.

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