WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM.

Set in CHARLESTON, Missouri, WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. is an average-sized K-5 school, overseen by CHARLESTON R-I. It educates 276 students across grades pre-K through 3.

CHARLESTON R-I runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 727 students. WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mississippi County put median household earnings sit near $48,160, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mississippi County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,730 students), of which WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. is one.

CHARLESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WARREN E. HEARNES ELEM. has fell 37%, going from 437 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 65% to 51%.

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