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HALLSVILLE HIGH
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BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HALLSVILLE HIGH
HALLSVILLE HIGH operates as an average-sized four-year high school in HALLSVILLE, Missouri, operated by HALLSVILLE R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 464 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
HALLSVILLE HIGH is one of 4 schools operated by HALLSVILLE R-IV, a district that serves 1,552 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HALLSVILLE HIGH shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting HALLSVILLE HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Boone County's rate of about 38%.
With demographic context factored in, HALLSVILLE HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.8%; actual is 73.0%, +22.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, census data for Boone County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,758 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which HALLSVILLE HIGH is one.
The closest other public school is HALLSVILLE MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HALLSVILLE HIGH at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 50.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Trend over the last 7 years. HALLSVILLE HIGH's enrollment has rose 16% since 2018, when it stood at 401 (now 464). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 91% to 85% over that span.
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- HALLSVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 387 students
- HALLSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 361 students
- HALLSVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 340 students
- HALLSVILLE PRIMARYElementary · 387 students
- HALLSVILLE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 361 students
- HALLSVILLE MIDDLEMiddle · 340 students
- HALLSVILLE MIDDLE0.0 mi · 340
- HALLSVILLE INTERMEDIATE0.1 mi · 361
- HALLSVILLE PRIMARY0.5 mi · 387
- CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATE7.3 mi · 273
- CENTRALIA HIGH7.5 mi · 398
- CHANCE ELEM.7.6 mi · 370