GRAIN VALLEY HIGH

GRAIN VALLEY HIGH is a sizable four-year high school in GRAIN VALLEY, Missouri, part of GRAIN VALLEY R-V. The school educates 1,482 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 196% larger than the state mean of about 501.

GRAIN VALLEY HIGH is one of 8 schools operated by GRAIN VALLEY R-V, a district that educates 4,546 students overall.

Demographically, GRAIN VALLEY HIGH reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, GRAIN VALLEY HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), GRAIN VALLEY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SNI-A-BAR ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAIN VALLEY HIGH at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

GRAIN VALLEY HIGH operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRAIN VALLEY HIGH's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,326 (now 1,482).

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