SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY

SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in REPUBLIC, Missouri, overseen by REPUBLIC R-III, with 457 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Within REPUBLIC R-III, which oversees 8 schools and 5,318 students, SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Greene County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Greene County put the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY is one.

MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHOFIELD ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 94% to 85% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.