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How Joel E. Barber Elem. compares
66% vs. 66% district avg
= 0 points matches Laclede Co. C-5
66% vs. 49% Missouri avg
18 points above state average
500
Enrollment
15.6:1
Student:Teacher
66%
Proficiency Rate
26%
Free/Reduced Lunch

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About This School

Joel E. Barber Elem. is a middle school located in Lebanon, Missouri. The school serves 500 students in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1.

According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.

26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Joel E. Barber Elem. is part of the Laclede Co. C-5 in Missouri.

How This School Compares

Joel E. Barber Elem. has 500 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Laclede Co. C-5 (500 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 0 percentage points above the district average of 66%. Compared to the Missouri state average of 49%, the school performs 18 points higher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Joel E. Barber Elem. has 500 students enrolled in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1.

According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Joel E. Barber Elem. meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.

Joel E. Barber Elem. is part of the Laclede Co. C-5 in Lebanon, Missouri. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.

All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.

this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.