TRUMAN ELEM.

TRUMAN ELEM. is one of the intimate K-5 schools in PACIFIC, Missouri, run under MERAMEC VALLEY R-III, with 201 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

TRUMAN ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by MERAMEC VALLEY R-III, a district that teaches 3,131 students overall.

In terms of who attends, TRUMAN ELEM. reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TRUMAN ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.4%; actual is 5.0%, a gap of -45.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $73,165, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), TRUMAN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PACIFIC HIGH, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TRUMAN ELEM. comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 39%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 201 in 2024. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2024.

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