NOEL ELEM.

NOEL ELEM. is a cozy intermediate school in NOEL, Missouri, run under MCDONALD CO. R-I. The school hosts 349 students in grades 3 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

NOEL ELEM. is one of 10 schools operated by MCDONALD CO. R-I, a district that teaches 3,595 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NOEL ELEM. logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 24% Pacific Islander, 3% Asian. By comparison, McDonald County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NOEL ELEM. has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McDonald County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NOEL ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -7.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (McDonald County) shows that median household income runs about $52,375, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McDonald County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,867 students), NOEL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NOEL PRIMARY, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NOEL ELEM. at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. NOEL ELEM.'s enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 349). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 49% to 40%.

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