FULTON SR. HIGH

As a moderately sized senior high in FULTON, Missouri, FULTON SR. HIGH enrolls 659 students from grades 9 through 12, run under FULTON 58. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 6 schools in FULTON 58 (2,281 students total), FULTON SR. HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FULTON SR. HIGH reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Callaway County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting FULTON SR. HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FULTON SR. HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.5%; FULTON SR. HIGH posts 27.3%, -23.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Callaway County shows median household income runs about $74,176, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. FULTON SR. HIGH is one of 25 public schools in Callaway County (combined enrollment of about 5,396 students).

The closest other public school is FULTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FULTON SR. HIGH comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FULTON SR. HIGH has fell 3%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 659 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 82% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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