NORTH SHELBY ELEM.

Located at 3071 HWY 15, in SHELBYVILLE, Missouri, NORTH SHELBY ELEM. is a modestly sized primary school that enrolls 167 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under NORTH SHELBY. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 315.

NORTH SHELBY comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 296 students; NORTH SHELBY ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, NORTH SHELBY ELEM. reports that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest looks like 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Shelby County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH SHELBY ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 65.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Shelby County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $51,594 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Shelby County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 931 students), NORTH SHELBY ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH SHELBY HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH SHELBY ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH SHELBY ELEM. has declined 3%, going from 172 students in 2018 to 167 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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