ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM.

ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. operates as an average-sized elementary campus in COLUMBIA, Missouri, run under COLUMBIA 93. Current enrollment sits at 296 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

COLUMBIA 93 runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 18,640 students. ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.2%.

In the area at large, Boone County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,758, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. is one.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM. has edged down 3%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 13% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.