WM. H. LYNCH ELEM.

WM. H. LYNCH ELEM. is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in SALEM, Missouri, one of the schools within SALEM R-80, serveing 257 students in grades pre-K through 1.

SALEM R-80 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,452 students. WM. H. LYNCH ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WM. H. LYNCH ELEM. records that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, WM. H. LYNCH ELEM. has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dent County (around 73%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dent County) logs that median household income runs about $56,312, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Dent County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,169 students), of which WM. H. LYNCH ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is OZARK HILLS SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 257 in 2025.

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