POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR.

As a mid-sized primary school in POPLAR BLUFF, Missouri, POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR. caters to 333 students from grade K, overseen by POPLAR BLUFF R-I.

Across the 9 schools in POPLAR BLUFF R-I (4,899 students total), POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR. reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Butler County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Butler County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,089 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Butler County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,435 students), of which POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR. is one.

The closest other public school is POPLAR BLUFF EARLY CHILDHOOD C, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around POPLAR BLUFF KINDERGARTEN CTR..

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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