SOUTH ELEM.

Located at 1210 S MAPLE ST, in ELDON, Missouri, SOUTH ELEM. is a sprawling elementary-level community that instructs 552 students (grades pre-K through 2), run under ELDON R-I. That puts it 75% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

SOUTH ELEM. is one of 4 schools operated by ELDON R-I, a district that works with 2,038 students overall.

Demographically, SOUTH ELEM. lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Miller County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTH ELEM. shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Miller County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, Miller County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,736, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. SOUTH ELEM. is one of 16 public schools in Miller County (combined enrollment of about 5,092 students).

ELDON UPPER ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around SOUTH ELEM..

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. SOUTH ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 552).

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