COOTER HIGH

COOTER HIGH is one of the minimally staffed high schools in COOTER, Missouri, operated by COOTER R-IV, with 122 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 501.

Within COOTER R-IV, which oversees 2 schools and 201 students, COOTER HIGH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, COOTER HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Pemiscot County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting COOTER HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at COOTER HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pemiscot County (around 94%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COOTER HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pemiscot County) shows that median household earnings sit near $40,089, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. In all, Pemiscot County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,865 students), of which COOTER HIGH is one.

COOTER ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around COOTER HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COOTER HIGH at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

COOTER HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. COOTER HIGH's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 152 (now 122). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the COOTER HIGH community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.