PRICE ELEMENTARY

As a high-enrollment K-5 school in REPUBLIC, Missouri, PRICE ELEMENTARY instructs 507 students from grades K through 5, overseen by REPUBLIC R-III. That puts it 61% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

REPUBLIC R-III runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,318 students. PRICE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PRICE ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest is composed of 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PRICE ELEMENTARY reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRICE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate median household income runs about $61,479, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PRICE ELEMENTARY is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PRICE ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. PRICE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 507). The White share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 80% over that span.

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