📍 4273 Thayer St, Ft Leonard Wood, Pulaski County, 65473
Thayer Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ft Leonard Wood, Pulaski County. The school has 249 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Waynesville R-Vi school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thayer Elem. enrolls 249 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 140 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 9.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
98 of the school's 249 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 29 qualify for free lunch and 69 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.
Thayer Elem. is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 16, state house district 142.
Thayer Elem. is one of 11 schools in WAYNESVILLE R-VI, based in WAYNESVILLE, Missouri. The district serves 6,190 students district-wide and employs 389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 249 students, Thayer Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 563 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote