Northwest 5th Grade Center

Northwest 5th Grade Center operates as an one-room-style 6-8 campus in MARSHALL, Missouri, operated by MARSHALL. Current enrollment sits at 178 students spanning grade 5. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Northwest 5th Grade Center is one of 7 schools operated by MARSHALL, a district that hosts 2,498 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwest 5th Grade Center shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Pacific Islander, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Northwest 5th Grade Center records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Saline County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Northwest 5th Grade Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 49.2%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Saline County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,931 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Northwest 5th Grade Center is one of 20 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 3,543 students).

The closest other public school is BENTON ELEM., roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Northwest 5th Grade Center. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwest 5th Grade Center at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

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