ADRIAN SR. HIGH

ADRIAN SR. HIGH is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in ADRIAN, Missouri, operated by ADRIAN R-III, caters to 375 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 501.

Within ADRIAN R-III, which oversees 2 schools and 689 students, ADRIAN SR. HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ADRIAN SR. HIGH lists that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic. Compared to Bates County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at ADRIAN SR. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bates County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ADRIAN SR. HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Around the school, Bates County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,733, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bates County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,514 students), of which ADRIAN SR. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is ADRIAN ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADRIAN SR. HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.3%.

ADRIAN SR. HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADRIAN SR. HIGH has ticked up 5%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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