OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR

Located at 302 N 4TH AVENUE, in OZARK, Missouri, OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR is a low-enrollment K-5 school that educates 233 students (grades pre-K through K), one of the schools within OZARK R-VI. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR is one of 8 schools operated by OZARK R-VI, a district that caters to 5,959 students overall.

In terms of who attends, OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Christian County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Christian County's rate of about 33%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Christian County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,437 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Christian County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students), OZARK TIGERPAW EARLY CHILD CTR is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OZARK JR. HIGH, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

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