SKYLINE ELEM.

SKYLINE ELEM., an one-room-style primary school in NORWOOD, Missouri, operated by SKYLINE R-II, works with 88 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

Operationally, SKYLINE ELEM. answers to SKYLINE R-II, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, SKYLINE ELEM. logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SKYLINE ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.8%; actual is 93.0%, +43.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $45,985 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. SKYLINE ELEM. is one of 5 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 1,511 students).

NORWOOD ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, SKYLINE ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKYLINE ELEM. has edged down 11%, going from 99 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 90%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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