SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL

SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL, a tiny all-grades campus in PARK HILLS, Missouri, overseen by MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED, serves 22 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 205 students per school, that is 89% leaner than typical.

Within MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED, which oversees 33 schools and 652 students, SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL records that nearly all students (100%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 7.6:1, putting SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, census data for St. Francois County shows median household earnings sit near $57,477, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Francois County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,962 students), of which SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CENTRAL MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

SPECIAL ACRES SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 23 students in 2018 compared to 22 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 100% across the same window.

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