EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH

Set in ELLSINORE, Missouri, EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH is a micro-enrollment secondary school, run under EAST CARTER CO. R-II. It educates 180 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 64% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

EAST CARTER CO. R-II comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 698 students; EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest is composed of 6% multiracial. Compared to Carter County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Carter County shows the typical household earns roughly $50,000 per year, 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH is one of 5 public schools in Carter County (combined enrollment of about 1,164 students).

EAST CARTER CO. R-II MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH has declined 25%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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