BELL CITY HIGH

Located at 25254 WALNUT ST, in BELL CITY, Missouri, BELL CITY HIGH is an one-room-style four-year high school that works with 91 students (grades 7 through 12), part of BELL CITY R-II. Enrollment runs roughly 82% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

BELL CITY HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by BELL CITY R-II, a district that educates 196 students overall.

On demographics, BELL CITY HIGH records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Stoddard County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BELL CITY HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 41.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Stoddard County) records that median household income runs about $57,957, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stoddard County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), BELL CITY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BELL CITY ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, BELL CITY HIGH comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

BELL CITY HIGH operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 5% to 0% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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