CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL

CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of sizable scale in CARTHAGE, Missouri, overseen by CARTHAGE R-IX, teacheing 1,626 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 225% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

CARTHAGE R-IX runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,070 students. CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 47% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jasper County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -16.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jasper County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,694 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jasper County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students), of which CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FAIRVIEW ELEM., around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARTHAGE HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 11%, going from 1,467 students in 2018 to 1,626 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 34% to 47% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.