FAIR GROVE HIGH

Set in FAIR GROVE, Missouri, FAIR GROVE HIGH is an intimate 9-12 campus, overseen by FAIR GROVE R-X. It caters to 373 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Within FAIR GROVE R-X, which oversees 3 schools and 1,296 students, FAIR GROVE HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FAIR GROVE HIGH records that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FAIR GROVE HIGH has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting FAIR GROVE HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at FAIR GROVE HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Greene County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, FAIR GROVE HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household earnings sit near $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), FAIR GROVE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FAIR GROVE MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around FAIR GROVE HIGH. On composite proficiency, FAIR GROVE HIGH comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 323 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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