SOUTH ELEM.

SOUTH ELEM., a medium-sized K-5 school in NEOSHO, Missouri, run under NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 285 students, covering grades K through 4.

SOUTH ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 4,998 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH ELEM. reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Hispanic, 18% Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTH ELEM. reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Newton County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the surrounding community, Newton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Newton County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,567 students), of which SOUTH ELEM. is one.

NEOSHO HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SOUTH ELEM. comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH ELEM.'s enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 285). Over the same period, the White share fell from 68% to 46%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.