Noel Primary School

Size

Of the 6 elementary schools in McDonald County R-I School District, Noel Primary School is the 4th largest, with 6.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 13.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 310; Noel Primary School is close to their typical size.

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

Its largest grade is kindergarten with 73 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 44, against an average of 62 per grade. This year grade 2 has 11% fewer students than kindergarten (65 against 73). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 44 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 37.8% here and 22.1% across McDonald County R-I. White students are next, at 33.7%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

90.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 69.7% across McDonald County R-I and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 40.2% 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 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers for 249 students, Noel Primary School has 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 249 students would have about 20.2 teachers, so Noel Primary School has about as many as that.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

Noel Primary School is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other elementary school is Southwest City Elementary School, 5.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 3 other elementary schools, 0 of them within 5 miles.

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