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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