PALMYRA ELEM.

PALMYRA ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in PALMYRA, Missouri, operated by PALMYRA R-I. The school serves 452 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.

PALMYRA R-I comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,126 students; PALMYRA ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, PALMYRA ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALMYRA ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +5.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,903 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PALMYRA ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 4,724 students).

PALMYRA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PALMYRA ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALMYRA ELEM. at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PALMYRA ELEM. typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.