Enrollment
134
High
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DREXEL R-IV·NCES 291107000379
DREXEL HIGH
207 S FOURTH ST, DREXEL, MO 64742 · (816) 652-0402 · Cass County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
48 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DREXEL R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
MO avg 49.5% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
134
-20 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 9.2:1
% White
89%
was 97%
% Hispanic
8%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DREXEL HIGH
DREXEL HIGH, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in DREXEL, Missouri, one of the schools within DREXEL R-IV, caters to 134 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.
DREXEL HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by DREXEL R-IV, a district that enrolls 259 students overall.
Demographically, DREXEL HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DREXEL HIGH has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting DREXEL HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at DREXEL HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DREXEL HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -8.1 points.
Around the school, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. DREXEL HIGH is one of 44 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students).
DREXEL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, DREXEL HIGH comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 154 students in 2018 compared to 134 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 89% across the same window.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,773
Census ACS
Median income
$87,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
17,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- DREXEL ELEM.0.0 mi · 125
- Louisburg Virtual Program8.6 mi · 31
- Broadmoor Elementary10.2 mi · 388
- Louisburg High10.2 mi · 529
- Louisburg Middle10.3 mi · 378
- Rockville Elementary School10.7 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About DREXEL HIGHHow large is DREXEL HIGH?
DREXEL HIGH enrolls approximately 134 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does DREXEL HIGH serve?
DREXEL HIGH serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does DREXEL HIGH have?
DREXEL HIGH employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
What is the student diversity at DREXEL HIGH?
Student demographics at DREXEL HIGH are roughly 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is DREXEL HIGH in?
DREXEL HIGH is part of DREXEL R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.