EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH

EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH is one of the cozy secondary schools in EL DORADO SPRINGS, Missouri, part of EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II, with 321 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 3 schools in EL DORADO SPRINGS R-II (1,151 students total), EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cedar County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.4%; EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH posts 28.9%, -21.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Cedar County shows the typical household earns roughly $48,181 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cedar County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,080 students), EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EL DORADO SPRINGS MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 356 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the EL DORADO SPRINGS HIGH community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.