Sikeston Kindergarten Center

Size

Of the 4 elementary schools in Sikeston R-6 School District, Sikeston Kindergarten Center is the largest, with 12.3% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 7.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 263; Sikeston Kindergarten Center 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

Its largest grade is kindergarten with 272 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 131, against an average of 202 per grade. It also enrolls 131 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 53.8% here and 51.3% across Sikeston R-6. Black students are next, at 32.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across Sikeston R-6 and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 47.1% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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

Teachers

With 29.79 full-time-equivalent teachers for 403 students, Sikeston Kindergarten Center has 13.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 403 students would have about 32.8 teachers, so Sikeston Kindergarten Center has 3 fewer.

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

Location

Sikeston Kindergarten Center is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other elementary school is Lee Hunter Elementary School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 5 other elementary schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

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