📍 Old Hwy 60 East, Birch Tree, Shannon County, 65438
Birch Tree Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Birch Tree, Shannon County. The school has 171 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mountain View-Birch Tree R-Iii school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Birch Tree Elem. enrolls 171 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% White, <1% Black or African American and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 168 | 98% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
100 of the school's 171 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 82 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Birch Tree Elem. is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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 143.
Birch Tree Elem. is one of 4 schools in MOUNTAIN VIEW-BIRCH TREE R-III, based in MOUNTAIN VIEW, Missouri. The district serves 1,184 students district-wide and employs 101 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 171 students, Birch Tree Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 296 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote