BILLINGS SR. HIGH

BILLINGS SR. HIGH operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in BILLINGS, Missouri, one of the schools within BILLINGS R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 149 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within BILLINGS R-IV, which oversees 2 schools and 398 students, BILLINGS SR. HIGH is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BILLINGS SR. HIGH lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Christian County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, BILLINGS SR. HIGH has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Christian County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BILLINGS SR. HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Christian County put the typical household earns roughly $83,437 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BILLINGS SR. HIGH is one of 33 public schools in Christian County (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students).

Nearest neighbor: BILLINGS ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BILLINGS SR. HIGH comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. BILLINGS SR. HIGH's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 198 (now 149). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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