BELTON HIGH

BELTON HIGH, a substantial senior high in BELTON, Missouri, part of BELTON 124, serves 1,258 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so BELTON HIGH sits 151% above that benchmark.

BELTON 124 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,230 students. BELTON HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BELTON HIGH shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, BELTON HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cass County) shows that median household earnings sit near $87,535, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. BELTON HIGH is one of 44 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students).

The closest other public school is MILL CREEK UPPER ELEM., roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELTON HIGH. On composite proficiency, BELTON HIGH comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELTON HIGH has decreased 7%, going from 1,350 students in 2018 to 1,258 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 58%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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