WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM.

WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. is one of the one-room-style primary schools in WELLSVILLE, Missouri, one of the schools within WELLSVILLE MIDDLETOWN R-I, with 116 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. sits 63% below that benchmark.

WELLSVILLE MIDDLETOWN R-I comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 261 students; WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. is among them.

On the student-mix side, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $65,500 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Montgomery County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,336 students), of which WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN HS, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM. has edged down 45%, going from 212 students in 2018 to 116 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.