PLATO ELEM.

Set in PLATO, Missouri, PLATO ELEM. is a small elementary school, one of the schools within PLATO R-V. It enrolls 218 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so PLATO ELEM. sits 31% below that benchmark.

Within PLATO R-V, which oversees 2 schools and 523 students, PLATO ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PLATO ELEM. lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PLATO ELEM. has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 45% of students at PLATO ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Texas County runs at roughly 89%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Texas County shows median household income runs about $50,036, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. PLATO ELEM. is one of 16 public schools in Texas County (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students).

The closest other public school is PLATO HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.