WING ELEM.

WING ELEM. is a primary school of average-sized scale in SIKESTON, Missouri, run under SIKESTON R-6, educateing 359 students in grades 1 through 4.

Across the 7 schools in SIKESTON R-6 (3,277 students total), WING ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WING ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, New Madrid County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting WING ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at WING ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, WING ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for New Madrid County put median household earnings sit near $51,881, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, New Madrid County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,664 students), of which WING ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WING ELEM.. On composite proficiency, WING ELEM. comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

WING ELEM. operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. WING ELEM.'s enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 356 (now 359).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.