PERSHING ELEM.

PERSHING ELEM., a reasonably sized elementary-level community in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, run under ST. JOSEPH, works with 285 students, covering grades K through 6.

PERSHING ELEM. is one of 22 schools operated by ST. JOSEPH, a district that works with 10,430 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PERSHING ELEM. lists that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Buchanan County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PERSHING ELEM. shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Buchanan County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PERSHING ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 69.1%, a residual of +19.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Buchanan County) logs that median household earnings sit near $62,158, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PERSHING ELEM. is one of 36 public schools in Buchanan County (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROBIDOUX MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERSHING ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. PERSHING ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 285). White enrollment moved from 86% to 71% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.