📍 201 e 3rd St, Peculiar, Cass County, 64078
Peculiar Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Peculiar, Cass County. The school has 389 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Raymore-Peculiar R-Ii school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Peculiar Elem. enrolls 389 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 9.8% Two or more races and 6.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 312 | 80% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 6.2% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
148 of the school's 389 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 112 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Peculiar Elem. is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-40, state senate district 31, state house district 55.
Peculiar Elem. is one of 11 schools in RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II, based in PECULIAR, Missouri. The district serves 6,332 students district-wide and employs 436 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 389 students, Peculiar Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 576 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe