NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY

NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY is a big elementary-level community in BONNE TERRE, Missouri, part of NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I. The school teaches 673 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 114% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

Within NORTH ST. FRANCOIS CO. R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 2,581 students, NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Francois County shows median household income runs about $57,477, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, St. Francois County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,962 students), of which NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY is one.

The closest other public school is NORTH CO. SR. HIGH, roughly 0.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 673). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.