Enrollment
120
High
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMINENCE R-I·NCES 291145000409
EMINENCE HIGH
505 SOUTH 6TH STREET, EMINENCE, MO 65466 · (573) 226-3252 · Shannon County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL120 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
120 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 EMINENCE R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
MO avg 49.5% . -9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Missouri average is about 50 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023.
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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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
120
-2 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 10.0:1
% White
98%
was 99%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EMINENCE HIGH
EMINENCE HIGH is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in EMINENCE, Missouri, one of the schools within EMINENCE R-I, with 120 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 501.
EMINENCE HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by EMINENCE R-I, a district that serves 259 students overall.
In terms of who attends, EMINENCE HIGH shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EMINENCE HIGH has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Shannon County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EMINENCE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 53.5%, a residual of +4.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Shannon County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,222 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. EMINENCE HIGH is one of 8 public schools in Shannon County (combined enrollment of about 1,687 students).
EMINENCE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, EMINENCE HIGH comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 122 students in 2018 compared to 120 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.
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Shannon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,177
Census ACS
Median income
$55,222
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- EMINENCE ELEM.0.7 mi · 139
- WINONA ELEM.9.9 mi · 306
- WINONA HIGH10.0 mi · 131
- BIRCH TREE ELEM.12.9 mi · 174
- SUMMERSVILLE ELEM.15.8 mi · 203
- SUMMERSVILLE HIGH16.4 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About EMINENCE HIGHHow many students attend EMINENCE HIGH?
EMINENCE HIGH enrolls approximately 120 students in grades 07-12.
Is EMINENCE HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMINENCE HIGH is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EMINENCE HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EMINENCE HIGH is approximately 8.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EMINENCE HIGH?
EMINENCE HIGH reports a student body of 98% White, 2% Black.
Who oversees EMINENCE HIGH?
EMINENCE HIGH is overseen by EMINENCE R-I in Shannon County.
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