GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH

GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH, a roomy secondary school in GRANDVIEW, Missouri, one of the schools within GRANDVIEW C-4, educates 1,203 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 140% larger than typical.

GRANDVIEW C-4 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,665 students; GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH shows that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH records 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.5%; this one comes in at 21.4%, -29.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGH GROVE Early Childhood, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH has showed little movement, going from 1,205 students in 2018 to 1,203 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 19% to 33% over that span.

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