CAMDENTON HIGH

CAMDENTON HIGH operates as a big high school in CAMDENTON, Missouri, one of the schools within CAMDENTON R-III. Current enrollment sits at 1,285 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 156% larger than typical.

Within CAMDENTON R-III, which oversees 8 schools and 3,835 students, CAMDENTON HIGH is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CAMDENTON HIGH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CAMDENTON HIGH has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting CAMDENTON HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Camden County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, CAMDENTON HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.5%; actual is 78.6%, +28.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Camden County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,387 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Camden County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students), of which CAMDENTON HIGH is one.

OAK RIDGE INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAMDENTON HIGH at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CAMDENTON HIGH has contracted 4%, going from 1,332 students in 2018 to 1,285 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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