VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM.

Located at 202 S EAST ST, in ALBANY, Missouri, VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. is a low-enrollment elementary campus that teaches 224 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within ALBANY R-III. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

ALBANY R-III runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 450 students. VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. logs that nearly all students (97%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Gentry County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 46.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gentry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,848 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Gentry County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,161 students), of which VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALBANY MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VIRGINIA E. GEORGE ELEM. has edged up 5%, going from 214 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025.

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