NOEL PRIMARY

Set in SOUTHWEST CITY, Missouri, NOEL PRIMARY is an intimate elementary school, part of MCDONALD CO. R-I. It hosts 249 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so NOEL PRIMARY sits 21% below that benchmark.

Within MCDONALD CO. R-I, which oversees 10 schools and 3,595 students, NOEL PRIMARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, NOEL PRIMARY shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 34% White, 19% Pacific Islander, 4% Native American, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, NOEL PRIMARY has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, McDonald County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,375 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McDonald County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,867 students), of which NOEL PRIMARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: NOEL ELEM., around 2.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 254 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 48% to 38%.

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