HALFWAY SECONDARY

HALFWAY SECONDARY is one of the very small high schools in HALFWAY, Missouri, one of the schools within HALFWAY R-III, with 114 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% below the state mean of about 501.

HALFWAY R-III comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 247 students; HALFWAY SECONDARY is among them.

On demographics, HALFWAY SECONDARY records that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Polk County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HALFWAY SECONDARY has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting HALFWAY SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HALFWAY SECONDARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

Across the wider county, Polk County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,647, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. HALFWAY SECONDARY is one of 21 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 4,965 students).

HALFWAY ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HALFWAY SECONDARY at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 123 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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