Willard Central Elementary School

Size

Of the 5 elementary schools in Willard R-II School District, Willard Central Elementary School is the largest, with 8.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 4.5 miles away and have a median of 346 students, so Willard Central Elementary 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 grade 4 with 82 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 33, against an average of 67 per grade. This year grade 4 has 34% more students than kindergarten (82 against 61). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 33 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 91.6% of enrollment, a higher share than across Willard R-II (84.7%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

41.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 38.9% across Willard R-II and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 18.8% 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

Willard Central Elementary School has 32.34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 404 students would have about 32.8 teachers, so Willard Central Elementary 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

NCES classifies its location as rural, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other elementary school is Willard South Elementary School, 3.2 miles away in the same district. There are 5 elementary schools within 5 miles and 35 within 10 miles.

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