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BLAIR OAKS HIGH
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Set in JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, BLAIR OAKS HIGH is a low-enrollment four-year high school, run under BLAIR OAKS R-II. It instructs 421 students across grades 9 through 12.
BLAIR OAKS HIGH is one of 4 schools operated by BLAIR OAKS R-II, a district that caters to 1,163 students overall.
Demographically, BLAIR OAKS HIGH lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cole County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting BLAIR OAKS HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Cole County's rate of about 47%.
After controlling for student poverty, BLAIR OAKS HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 40.0%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cole County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,876 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Cole County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,312 students), BLAIR OAKS HIGH is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is BLAIR OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLAIR OAKS HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLAIR OAKS HIGH has held roughly steady, going from 427 students in 2018 to 421 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.
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