Carl Junction High School

Carl Junction High School is a 9-12 campus of well-populated scale in Carl Junction, Missouri, one of the schools within CARL JUNCTION R-I, hosting 924 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 84% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within CARL JUNCTION R-I, which oversees 6 schools and 3,331 students, Carl Junction High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carl Junction High School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jasper County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jasper County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carl Junction High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 56.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Jasper County put the typical household earns roughly $60,694 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carl Junction High School is one of 49 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students).

Carl Junction Jr. High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carl Junction High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.3%.

Carl Junction High School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Carl Junction High School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 963 (now 924). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 82%.

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