HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH

As a rural-scale secondary school in HARDIN, Missouri, HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH serves 95 students from grades 7 through 12, part of HARDIN-CENTRAL C-2. That puts it 81% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 2 schools in HARDIN-CENTRAL C-2 (205 students total), HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH reports that nearly all students (100%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, HARDIN-CENTRAL 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 37.7%, a residual of -12.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Ray County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,573 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH is one of 12 public schools in Ray County (combined enrollment of about 3,423 students).

The closest other public school is HARDIN-CENTRAL ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

HARDIN-CENTRAL HIGH operates from a rural location.

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