WEST PLAINS ELEM.

WEST PLAINS ELEM. operates as a big primary school in WEST PLAINS, Missouri, one of the schools within WEST PLAINS R-VII. Current enrollment sits at 767 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 143% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Across the 4 schools in WEST PLAINS R-VII (2,626 students total), WEST PLAINS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WEST PLAINS ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Howell County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, WEST PLAINS ELEM. records 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Howell County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST PLAINS ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Howell County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,993, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. WEST PLAINS ELEM. is one of 15 public schools in Howell County (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students).

Nearest neighbor: WEST PLAINS MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around WEST PLAINS ELEM.. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST PLAINS ELEM. ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. WEST PLAINS ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 796 (now 767). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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