GRUNDY CO. HIGH
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Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2023-24 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Missouri average is about 50 of 100.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GRUNDY CO. HIGH
Located at 205 SW BORDER ST, in GALT, Missouri, GRUNDY CO. HIGH is a rural-scale high school that teaches 68 students (grades 6 through 12), run under GRUNDY CO. R-V. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 501.
Within GRUNDY CO. R-V, which oversees 2 schools and 122 students, GRUNDY CO. HIGH is one campus in the system.
Demographically, GRUNDY CO. HIGH reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at GRUNDY CO. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Grundy County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRUNDY CO. HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +15.8 points.
Around the school, Grundy County reports that median household earnings sit near $51,975, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grundy County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265 students), GRUNDY CO. HIGH is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is GRUNDY CO. ELEM., roughly 3.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRUNDY CO. HIGH at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.0%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRUNDY CO. HIGH has increased 11%, going from 61 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
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