Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr

Size

Of the 2 schools in St. Joseph School District, Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr is the largest, with 2.2% of the district's students. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 38.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 123; Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr serves a single grade, pre-K, with 232 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 59.5% here and 62% across St. Joseph. Two or more races students are next, at 14.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

47.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 46.5% for Missouri schools. 25.4% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 18.89 full-time-equivalent teachers for 232 students, Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr has 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri school ratio of 13.2, a school with 232 students would have about 17.6 teachers, so Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr has 1.3 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri schools (13.2).

Location

Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other school is Lake Early Learning Center, 4.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there is 1 other school, 1 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.