SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY

SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in ASHLAND, Missouri, operated by SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I, enrolling 471 students in grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 50% larger than typical.

SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,971 students. SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $72,758, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY is one of 58 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SOUTHERN BOONE PRIMARY's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 471).

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