SOUTHVIEW ELEM.

SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is a primary school of medium-sized scale in KEARNEY, Missouri, operated by KEARNEY R-I, instructing 455 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SOUTHVIEW ELEM. sits 44% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in KEARNEY R-I (3,424 students total), SOUTHVIEW ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SOUTHVIEW ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 86.4%, a residual of +35.4 points.

In the surrounding community, Clay County reports that median household income runs about $88,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. SOUTHVIEW ELEM. is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

The closest other public school is KEARNEY JR. HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHVIEW ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHVIEW ELEM. has ticked down 6%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 89%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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