SKAITH ELEM.

SKAITH ELEM. is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in ST JOSEPH, Missouri, one of the schools within ST. JOSEPH, with 398 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

ST. JOSEPH comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 10,430 students; SKAITH ELEM. is among them.

On the student-mix side, SKAITH ELEM. lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 8% Black. By comparison, Buchanan County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at SKAITH ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Buchanan County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SKAITH ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Buchanan County put median household earnings sit near $62,158, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Buchanan County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,825 students), SKAITH ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

PICKETT ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SKAITH ELEM. comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKAITH ELEM. has shrank 13%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 59% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SKAITH ELEM. community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.