PLAINVIEW ELEM.

PLAINVIEW ELEM. is an elementary school of minimally staffed scale in AVA, Missouri, run under PLAINVIEW R-VIII, educateing 93 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so PLAINVIEW ELEM. sits 70% below that benchmark.

PLAINVIEW ELEM. is a school of PLAINVIEW R-VIII, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, PLAINVIEW ELEM. shows that nearly all students (98%) are White; the rest is composed of 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Douglas County's rate of about 54%.

Across the wider county, census data for Douglas County shows median household earnings sit near $45,985, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Douglas County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,511 students), of which PLAINVIEW ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is BRADLEYVILLE ELEM., roughly 7.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLAINVIEW ELEM. has ticked down 12%, going from 106 students in 2018 to 93 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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