TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER

Students in FARMINGTON, Missouri, attend TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 403 students enrolled in pre-K through kindergarten in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 315 students for elementary schools in Missouri.

FARMINGTON R-VII is responsible for 8 schools, TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER included, with 3,937 students in all.

The share of students at TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER who are White is 88%. Other students are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. St. Francois County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER are from different groups.

TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER has 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER.

St. Francois County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $57,477, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Public schools in St. Francois County number 28, with about 9,962 students.

WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ELEM. is about 0.2 miles from TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles.

TRUMAN LEARNING CENTER falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.

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