NORBORNE ELEM.

NORBORNE ELEM. operates as a rural-scale primary school in NORBORNE, Missouri, run under NORBORNE R-VIII. Current enrollment sits at 71 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so NORBORNE ELEM. sits 77% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in NORBORNE R-VIII (151 students total), NORBORNE ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORBORNE ELEM. lists that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting NORBORNE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORBORNE 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 50.3%; NORBORNE ELEM. posts 84.9%, +34.6 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Carroll County put the typical household earns roughly $62,154 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Carroll County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,268 students), of which NORBORNE ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORBORNE HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORBORNE ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. NORBORNE ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 71). Class-load math has tightened: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

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