Enrollment
373
High
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWLING GREEN R-I·NCES 290566000115
BOWLING GREEN HIGH
700 WEST ADAMS STREET, BOWLING GREEN, MO 63334 · (573) 324-5341 · Pike County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Missouri public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
135 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 96 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 114 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 24% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BOWLING GREEN R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
MO avg 44.9%
Math
31.3%
MO avg 43.8% . +14.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Math scores are up about 14 points since 2021.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 25.0% | 42.5% | 27.7% |
| Math | 7.4% | 23.9% | 41.3% | 27.2% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | N/A | 30.3% |
| 2021-22 | N/A | 17.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BOWLING GREEN HIGH
BOWLING GREEN HIGH's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLING GREEN HIGH this school | 373 | 36.2% | 33.1% |
| NORTH CALLAWAY HIGH KINGDOM CITY | 347 | 36.6% | 35.2% |
| PALMYRA HIGH PALMYRA | 331 | 36.6% | 42.1% |
| RICHMOND HIGH RICHMOND | 474 | 36.9% | 27.9% |
| MACON SENIOR HIGH MACON | 390 | 37.7% | 38.2% |
| STRAFFORD HIGH STRAFFORD | 437 | 38.7% | 41.8% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BOWLING GREEN HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #273 of 443 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #295 of 453 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #327 of 382 ▼ 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #221 of 561 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #114 of 343 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #213 of 343 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #310 of 455 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #162 of 187 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
373
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 373 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 30.2 | 12.6:1 | 32% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 30.5 | 11.9:1 | 30% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 35% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 28.8 | 13.3:1 | 34% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 38% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 39% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 19% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOWLING GREEN HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (382 to 373); teachers up 1% (28.8 to 29).
About BOWLING GREEN HIGH
BOWLING GREEN HIGH sits in BOWLING GREEN, Missouri, and is classified as a high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 373 students. That is 26% below the average of about 501 students for high schools in Missouri.
BOWLING GREEN R-I is responsible for 4 schools, BOWLING GREEN HIGH included, with 1,243 students in all.
The share of students at BOWLING GREEN HIGH who are White is 90%. Other students are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Pike County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at BOWLING GREEN HIGH are from different groups.
Its ratio of 12.8:1 is based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Pike County average 49%.
Among Missouri public high schools, BOWLING GREEN HIGH outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BOWLING GREEN HIGH would be expected to post about 46.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%.
Census data for Pike County show median household income comes to about $54,989, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,424, BOWLING GREEN HIGH among them.
Measured in a straight line, BOWLING GREEN MIDDLE is less than a tenth of a mile from BOWLING GREEN HIGH. The five-mile area around BOWLING GREEN HIGH holds 3 other public schools. The school's 33.1% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
BOWLING GREEN HIGH has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 409 (2020-21) to 373 (2024-25).
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,711
Census ACS
Median income
$54,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,424 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BOWLING GREEN R-I
- BOWLING GREEN ELEM.Elementary · 472 students
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLEMiddle · 284 students
- FRANKFORD ELEM.Elementary · 114 students
- Bowling Green ECCElementary
Other schools in BOWLING GREEN
- BOWLING GREEN ELEM.Elementary · 472 students
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLEMiddle · 284 students
- LILLIAN SCHAPER SCHOOLCombined · 13 students
- Bowling Green ECCElementary
Other Bowling Green High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bowling Green High. BOWLING GREEN HIGH is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Bowling Green High SchoolBowling Green, KY · 1,377 students
- Bowling Green High SchoolBowling Green, OH · 799 students
Nearby schools
- BOWLING GREEN MIDDLE0.1 mi · 284
- BOWLING GREEN ELEM.0.1 mi · 472
- LILLIAN SCHAPER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 13
- BONCL Elem.9.3 mi · 39
- LOUISIANA MIDDLE9.5 mi · 151
- LOUISIANA HIGH9.5 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About BOWLING GREEN HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at BOWLING GREEN HIGH?
BOWLING GREEN HIGH enrolls approximately 373 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does BOWLING GREEN HIGH serve?
BOWLING GREEN HIGH serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at BOWLING GREEN HIGH?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at BOWLING GREEN HIGH.
How diverse is BOWLING GREEN HIGH?
BOWLING GREEN HIGH reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BOWLING GREEN HIGH in?
BOWLING GREEN HIGH is part of BOWLING GREEN R-I.
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