SENECA ELEM.

SENECA ELEM. operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in SENECA, Missouri, part of SENECA R-VII. Current enrollment sits at 417 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 315.

SENECA R-VII runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,487 students. SENECA ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SENECA ELEM. shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 16% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, SENECA ELEM. shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Newton County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,301, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Newton County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,567 students), of which SENECA ELEM. is one.

SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around SENECA ELEM..

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SENECA ELEM. has increased 13%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025.

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