WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY

WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY operates as a cozy elementary school in GRANT CITY, Missouri, operated by WORTH CO. R-III. Current enrollment sits at 170 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

WORTH CO. R-III comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 295 students; WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY reports that nearly all students (99%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Worth County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Worth County indicate median household earnings sit near $47,847, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY is one of 2 public schools in Worth County (combined enrollment of about 295 students).

WORTH CO. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WORTH CO. ELEMENTARY has climbed 13%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 170 in 2025.

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