STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY

Located at 7584 STATE ROAD T, in STOUTLAND, Missouri, STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY is a compact primary school that works with 235 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within STOUTLAND R-II. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

STOUTLAND R-II comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 393 students; STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Camden County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY 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 50.1%; this one delivers 70.5%, a residual of +20.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Camden County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,387 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Camden County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students), of which STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: STOUTLAND HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025.

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