GOLDEN CITY HIGH

Located at 1208 WALNUT ST, in GOLDEN CITY, Missouri, GOLDEN CITY HIGH is a very small 9-12 campus that serves 88 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within GOLDEN CITY R-III. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 501.

GOLDEN CITY HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by GOLDEN CITY R-III, a district that instructs 164 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GOLDEN CITY HIGH lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at GOLDEN CITY HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Barton County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GOLDEN CITY HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Barton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,635 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Barton County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,593 students), GOLDEN CITY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GOLDEN CITY ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, GOLDEN CITY HIGH comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. GOLDEN CITY HIGH's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 97 (now 88).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.