BALLARD HIGH

BALLARD HIGH is a tiny senior high in BUTLER, Missouri, one of the schools within BALLARD R-II. The school teaches 59 students in grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 88% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in BALLARD R-II (116 students total), BALLARD HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BALLARD HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting BALLARD HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bates County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BALLARD HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 32.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bates County indicate median household income runs about $60,733, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bates County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,514 students), of which BALLARD HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is BALLARD ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BALLARD HIGH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.1%.

BALLARD HIGH operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. BALLARD HIGH's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 56 (now 59). The White share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 90% over that span.

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