WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM.

WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. is one of the small K-5 schools in WELLINGTON, Missouri, overseen by WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON R-IX, with 178 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON R-IX runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 381 students. WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lafayette County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.6%; actual is 30.3%, a gap of -20.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lafayette County) shows that median household income runs about $80,612, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. is one of 19 public schools in Lafayette County (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students).

WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM. operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 198 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.