ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ORAN, Missouri, ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by ORAN R-III. It educates 139 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 56% below that benchmark.

Within ORAN R-III, which oversees 2 schools and 304 students, ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Scott County (around 78%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.3%; ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 27.7%, -22.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, Scott County reports that median household income runs about $62,782, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students).

The closest other public school is ORAN HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 99% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the ORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.