RAYMORE ELEM.

Located at 500 S MADISON, in RAYMORE, Missouri, RAYMORE ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that caters to 364 students (grades K through 5), operated by RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II.

Within RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II, which oversees 12 schools and 6,332 students, RAYMORE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RAYMORE ELEM. shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RAYMORE ELEM. has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting RAYMORE ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at RAYMORE ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RAYMORE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cass County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Cass County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), RAYMORE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TIMBER CREEK ELEM., roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RAYMORE ELEM.. On composite proficiency, RAYMORE ELEM. comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 76% to 66%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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