NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM.

As a very small primary school in SCHELL CITY, Missouri, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. caters to 94 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I (186 students total), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Vernon County's rate of about 55%.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Vernon County indicate median household earnings sit near $52,230, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vernon County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,938 students), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH, around 10.4 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I ELEM. has declined 25%, going from 125 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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