EVERTON HIGH

Located at 509 E SCHOOL ST, in EVERTON, Missouri, EVERTON HIGH is an one-room-style high school that enrolls 72 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by EVERTON R-III. Enrollment runs roughly 86% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

EVERTON R-III comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 145 students; EVERTON HIGH is among them.

On the student-mix side, EVERTON HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Dade County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EVERTON HIGH has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting EVERTON HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at EVERTON HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EVERTON HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, Dade County reports that median household income runs about $53,750, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Dade County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,061 students), EVERTON HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EVERTON ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, EVERTON HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EVERTON HIGH has grew 47%, going from 49 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 5.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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