GREEN RIDGE HIGH

Set in GREEN RIDGE, Missouri, GREEN RIDGE HIGH is a minimally staffed senior high, one of the schools within GREEN RIDGE R-VIII. It enrolls 181 students across grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

Across the 2 schools in GREEN RIDGE R-VIII (352 students total), GREEN RIDGE HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, GREEN RIDGE HIGH lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pettis County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GREEN RIDGE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +3.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Pettis County shows median household earnings sit near $60,430, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. GREEN RIDGE HIGH is one of 20 public schools in Pettis County (combined enrollment of about 6,820 students).

Nearest neighbor: GREEN RIDGE ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, GREEN RIDGE HIGH comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. GREEN RIDGE HIGH's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 177 (now 181). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 96% to 85%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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