BRANSON HIGH

BRANSON HIGH is a sizable secondary school in BRANSON, Missouri, operated by BRANSON R-IV. The school hosts 1,469 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so BRANSON HIGH sits 193% above that benchmark.

BRANSON R-IV comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,653 students; BRANSON HIGH is among them.

In terms of who attends, BRANSON HIGH records that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Taney County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting BRANSON HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRANSON HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 29.5%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Taney County put median household income runs about $56,497, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BRANSON HIGH is one of 21 public schools in Taney County (combined enrollment of about 7,946 students).

BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRANSON HIGH at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 1,430 students in 2018 compared to 1,469 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 80% to 70%.

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