WEAUBLEAU ELEM.

WEAUBLEAU ELEM. is a small primary school in WEAUBLEAU, Missouri, run under WEAUBLEAU R-III. The school teaches 192 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

WEAUBLEAU R-III comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 363 students; WEAUBLEAU ELEM. is among them.

Demographically, WEAUBLEAU ELEM. lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder reads as 8% multiracial. 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 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEAUBLEAU ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.1%; WEAUBLEAU ELEM. posts 81.5%, +31.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hickory County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $39,390 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Hickory County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,618 students), WEAUBLEAU ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEAUBLEAU HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, WEAUBLEAU ELEM. comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEAUBLEAU ELEM. has expanded 8%, going from 178 students in 2018 to 192 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 96% to 91% over that span.

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