Southwest Livingston County R-I

The Southwest Livingston County R-I school district in Missouri operates two schools: Southwest Livingston County R-1 Elementary and Southwest Livingston County R-1 High School. Both schools have relatively small enrollments, with 101 students at the elementary school and 83 students at the high school, suggesting a potentially more personalized learning environment. However, the schools perform well below state averages on standardized test metrics, and both have experienced declining statewide rankings in recent years.

The elementary school ranks 537 out of 1,052 Missouri elementary schools, while the high school ranks 277 out of 378 Missouri high schools. Both schools have high chronic absenteeism rates of 13.0%, significantly above the state average. Additionally, the schools have very high free and reduced lunch rates, with the elementary at 62.38% and the high school at 63.86%, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations.

Despite the academic challenges, the high school maintains a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 93.3%. The district also invests more resources into its schools, with the elementary school spending $11,508 per student and the high school spending $9,142 per student, both above the state average. The small student-teacher ratios of 10.4 at the elementary school and 10.5 at the high school could enable more individualized attention, but the data suggests the schools are still struggling to overcome the broader socioeconomic challenges facing their students.