SPARTA ELEM.

SPARTA ELEM., a tight-knit elementary campus in SPARTA, Missouri, overseen by SPARTA R-III, educates 263 students, covering grades K through 4.

Across the 4 schools in SPARTA R-III (734 students total), SPARTA ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SPARTA ELEM. records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, SPARTA ELEM. logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at SPARTA ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Christian County (around 33%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SPARTA ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.2%; actual is 86.0%, +35.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Christian County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,437, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SPARTA ELEM. is one of 33 public schools in Christian County (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students).

The closest other public school is SPARTA MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPARTA ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.7%.

SPARTA ELEM. operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. SPARTA ELEM.'s enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 263).

On allk12, members of the SPARTA ELEM. community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.