OREARVILLE ELEM.

OREARVILLE ELEM., a tiny K-5 school in SLATER, Missouri, overseen by OREARVILLE R-IV, enrolls 59 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 81% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

Operationally, OREARVILLE ELEM. answers to OREARVILLE R-IV, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, OREARVILLE ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, OREARVILLE ELEM. has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saline County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OREARVILLE ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 59.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Saline County put median household income runs about $57,931, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saline County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,543 students), of which OREARVILLE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is SLATER HIGH, roughly 3.6 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. OREARVILLE ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 76 (now 59). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for OREARVILLE ELEM. typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.