NORTH ELEM.

NORTH ELEM. operates as a high-enrollment primary school in OZARK, Missouri, operated by OZARK R-VI. Current enrollment sits at 514 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 63% larger than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 8 schools in OZARK R-VI (5,959 students total), NORTH ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NORTH ELEM. logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting NORTH ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTH ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 68.3%.

Around the school, census data for Christian County shows median household earnings sit near $83,437, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Christian County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students), of which NORTH ELEM. is one.

OZARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTH ELEM.. On composite proficiency, NORTH ELEM. comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

NORTH ELEM. operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 642 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.