📍 301 Hwy Drive, Prairie Home, Cooper County, 65068
Prairie Home Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Prairie Home, Cooper County. The school has 71 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prairie Home R-V school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Home Elem. enrolls 71 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 4.2% Two or more races and 2.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 66 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
36 of the school's 71 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 25 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Prairie Home 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-30, state senate district 19, state house district 50.
Prairie Home Elem. is one of 2 schools in PRAIRIE HOME R-V, based in PRAIRIE HOME, Missouri. The district serves 153 students district-wide and employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 71 students, Prairie Home Elem. is close to the district average of about 77 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant