📍 201 School Street, Advance, Stoddard County, 63730
Advance Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Advance, Stoddard County. The school has 237 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Advance R-Iv school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Advance Elem. enrolls 237 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% White, 2.1% Black or African American and 1.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 227 | 96% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
109 of the school's 237 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Advance Elem. is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-80, state senate district 25, state house district 151.
Advance Elem. is one of 3 schools in ADVANCE R-IV, based in ADVANCE, Missouri. The district serves 428 students district-wide and employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 237 students, Advance Elem. is larger than the district average of about 143 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant