SILEX ELEM.

As a small primary school in SILEX, Missouri, SILEX ELEM. caters to 186 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within SILEX R-I. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SILEX ELEM. sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

SILEX R-I comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 433 students; SILEX ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, SILEX ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%).

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting SILEX ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, SILEX ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.0%.

Around the school, census data for Lincoln County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,278 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lincoln County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,367 students), SILEX ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

SILEX HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SILEX ELEM. at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SILEX ELEM. has shrank 14%, going from 216 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025.

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