SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM.

Set in Barnard, Missouri, SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community, run under SOUTH NODAWAY CO. R-IV. It instructs 94 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. sits 70% leaner than that benchmark.

Within SOUTH NODAWAY CO. R-IV, which oversees 2 schools and 165 students, SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 34.9%.

Zooming out to the county, Nodaway County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,315 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nodaway County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,410 students), of which SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH NODAWAY HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.8%.

SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM. operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. SOUTH NODAWAY ELEM.'s enrollment has grew 21% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 94). Class-load math has loosened: from 7.1:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.