ROSS ELEM.

Set in Wardell, Missouri, ROSS ELEM. is a rural-scale elementary campus, run under NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I. It teaches 114 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I (248 students total), ROSS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ROSS ELEM. reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Black. By comparison, Pemiscot County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ROSS ELEM. has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting ROSS ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at ROSS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, ROSS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of -10.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pemiscot County) records that median household earnings sit near $40,089, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which ROSS ELEM. is one.

NORTH PEMISCOT SR. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROSS ELEM. at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROSS ELEM. has ticked up 9%, going from 105 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 90% to 94% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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