EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH

Set in EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Missouri, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH is a minimally staffed secondary school, part of EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40. It enrolls 147 students across grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 501.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,661 students; EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH is among them.

On the student-mix side, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH records that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 39% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 29.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Clay County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.5%; this one comes in at 22.5%, -27.0 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household income runs about $88,468, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clay County runs 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), of which EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is LEWIS ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EXCELSIOR SPRINGS TECH. HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 56% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 5.1:1 in 2018 to 29.4:1 in 2025.

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