NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM.

NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. is a rural-scale elementary-level community in NEWTOWN, Missouri, operated by NEWTOWN-HARRIS R-III. The school works with 41 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Within NEWTOWN-HARRIS R-III, which oversees 2 schools and 77 students, NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sullivan County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sullivan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,964 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM. is one of 7 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 653 students).

The closest other public school is NEWTOWN-HARRIS HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. NEWTOWN-HARRIS ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 56 (now 41). Over the same period, the White share grew from 91% to 98%.

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