RAYMONDVILLE ELEM.

RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. is a K-5 school of very small scale in RAYMONDVILLE, Missouri, part of RAYMONDVILLE R-VII, educateing 122 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 315.

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

On demographics, RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Texas County's rate of about 89%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Texas County put median household earnings sit near $50,036, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Texas County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students), RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

HOUSTON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAYMONDVILLE ELEM. has declined 12%, going from 139 students in 2018 to 122 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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