POTOSI ELEM.

POTOSI ELEM. operates as a heavily attended primary school in POTOSI, Missouri, operated by POTOSI R-III. Current enrollment sits at 683 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 117% larger than typical.

POTOSI R-III comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,110 students; POTOSI ELEM. is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, POTOSI ELEM. shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,043 per year, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. POTOSI ELEM. is one of 12 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 3,450 students).

Nearest neighbor: CITADEL SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 683 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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