OSAGE UPPER ELEM.

Located at 626 HWY 42, in OSAGE BEACH, Missouri, OSAGE UPPER ELEM. is a moderately sized elementary campus that enrolls 401 students (grades 3 through 5), part of SCHOOL OF THE OSAGE. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so OSAGE UPPER ELEM. sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in SCHOOL OF THE OSAGE (2,006 students total), OSAGE UPPER ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, OSAGE UPPER ELEM. lists that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, OSAGE UPPER ELEM. has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OSAGE UPPER ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -18.4 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Miller County shows median household income runs about $56,736, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Miller County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,092 students), of which OSAGE UPPER ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is OSAGE HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OSAGE UPPER ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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