BRANSON JR. HIGH

BRANSON JR. HIGH operates as a large middle-grades school in BRANSON, Missouri, part of BRANSON R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 694 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 461.

BRANSON R-IV runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,653 students. BRANSON JR. HIGH is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BRANSON JR. HIGH lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Taney County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BRANSON JR. HIGH has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting BRANSON JR. HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRANSON JR. HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

Across the wider county, Taney County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,497, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. BRANSON JR. HIGH is one of 21 public schools in Taney County (combined enrollment of about 7,946 students).

CEDAR RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BRANSON JR. HIGH comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 704 students in 2018 compared to 694 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.