BERNIE HIGH

BERNIE HIGH is a micro-enrollment high school in BERNIE, Missouri, overseen by BERNIE R-XIII. The school hosts 195 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within BERNIE R-XIII, which oversees 2 schools and 478 students, BERNIE HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BERNIE HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder consists of 5% multiracial. Compared to Stoddard County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, BERNIE HIGH shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at BERNIE HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, BERNIE HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 52.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Stoddard County indicate median household income runs about $57,957, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), BERNIE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BERNIE ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BERNIE HIGH comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

BERNIE HIGH operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. BERNIE HIGH's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 229 (now 195). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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