Enrollment
188
High
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADVANCE R-IV·NCES 290288000004
ADVANCE HIGH
201 SCHOOL STREET, ADVANCE, MO 63730 · (573) 722-3584 · Stoddard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL188 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
68 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ADVANCE R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
60.8%
MO avg 49.5% . +18.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Missouri average is about 50 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
188
-13 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.8:1
% White
98%
was 98%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ADVANCE HIGH
Located at 201 SCHOOL STREET, in ADVANCE, Missouri, ADVANCE HIGH is a rural-scale high school that enrolls 188 students (grades 7 through 12), part of ADVANCE R-IV. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 501.
Within ADVANCE R-IV, which oversees 2 schools and 428 students, ADVANCE HIGH is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ADVANCE HIGH shows that nearly all students (98%) are White.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Stoddard County's rate of about 53%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ADVANCE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +6.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Stoddard County shows median household earnings sit near $57,957, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Stoddard County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), of which ADVANCE HIGH is one.
ADVANCE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADVANCE HIGH ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.0%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADVANCE HIGH has declined 6%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 188 in 2025.
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Stoddard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,470
Census ACS
Median income
$57,957
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ADVANCE R-IV
- ADVANCE ELEM.Elementary · 240 students
- ADVANCE PRESCHOOLElementary
Other schools in ADVANCE
- ADVANCE ELEM.Elementary · 240 students
- ADVANCE PRESCHOOLElementary
Nearby schools
- ADVANCE ELEM.0.1 mi · 240
- BELL CITY ELEM.7.8 mi · 105
- BELL CITY HIGH7.8 mi · 91
- ZALMA HIGH10.0 mi · 73
- ZALMA ELEM.10.0 mi · 101
- LEOPOLD ELEM.10.3 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About ADVANCE HIGHHow large is ADVANCE HIGH?
ADVANCE HIGH enrolls approximately 188 students in grades 07-12.
Is ADVANCE HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
ADVANCE HIGH is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ADVANCE HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ADVANCE HIGH is approximately 12.6:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ADVANCE HIGH?
Student demographics at ADVANCE HIGH are roughly 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is ADVANCE HIGH public or private?
ADVANCE HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by ADVANCE R-IV.
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