BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 1500 S OLD HIGHWAY 66, in BOURBON, Missouri, BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized secondary school that hosts 273 students (grades 9 through 12), part of CRAWFORD CO. R-I. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

CRAWFORD CO. R-I comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 827 students; BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crawford County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.5%; this one comes in at 9.1%, -41.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Crawford County reports that median household income runs about $57,629, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Crawford County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), of which BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

BOURBON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOURBON HIGH SCHOOL has fell 5%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025.

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