STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM.

STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. operates as a micro-enrollment primary school in SULLIVAN, Missouri, run under STRAIN-JAPAN R-XVI. Current enrollment sits at 87 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. sits inside STRAIN-JAPAN R-XVI, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $73,165, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Franklin County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), of which STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is SPRING BLUFF ELEM., roughly 3.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. has ticked up 34%, going from 65 students in 2018 to 87 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.