RIPLEY CO. ELEM.

RIPLEY CO. ELEM. operates as a very small K-5 school in Doniphan, Missouri, overseen by RIPLEY CO. R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 125 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so RIPLEY CO. ELEM. sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

RIPLEY CO. R-IV is the operating authority for RIPLEY CO. ELEM., handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. logs that nearly all students (98%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIPLEY CO. ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ripley County put median household earnings sit near $42,037, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ripley County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,118 students), RIPLEY CO. ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

DONIPHAN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIPLEY CO. ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIPLEY CO. ELEM. has edged up 4%, going from 120 students in 2018 to 125 in 2025.

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