Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 202 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG R-VIII·NCES 291371000599
HARRISBURG HIGH
801 S HARRIS, HARRISBURG, MO 65256 · (573) 875-5602 · Boone County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Missouri public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
29 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 50 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 24% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HARRISBURG R-VIII. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedMath
29.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -13.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Missouri average is about 44 of 100. Math scores are down about 13 points since 2021.
MAP results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% |
| 2021-22 | 42.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HARRISBURG HIGH
HARRISBURG HIGH's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISBURG HIGH this school | 185 | 15.7% | 30.9% |
| JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FESTUS | 300 | 19.0% | 51.5% |
| ST. ELIZABETH HIGH ST ELIZABETH | 139 | 12.9% | 79.0% |
| CROCKER HIGH CROCKER | 296 | 17.6% | 14.0% |
| SOUTH HOLT HIGH OREGON | 119 | 21.0% | 40.3% |
| JAMESTOWN C-I HIGH JAMESTOWN | 112 | 17.0% | 30.2% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HARRISBURG HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #301 of 443 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #309 of 453 ▼ 102 | #7 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #360 of 561 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #431 of 455 | #9 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
185
+15 (+9%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 185 | 15.9 | 11.7:1 | 16% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 16.7 | 10.7:1 | 29% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 16.9 | 12.1:1 | 37% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 13 | 13.1:1 | 35% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 161 | 14.2 | 11.3:1 | 36% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 167 | 14 | 11.9:1 | 32% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 171 | 11 | 15.6:1 | 33% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 16% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISBURG HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (161 to 185); teachers up 12% (14.2 to 15.9).
About HARRISBURG HIGH
HARRISBURG HIGH is a very small high school for students in HARRISBURG, Missouri. There are 185 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Missouri enroll around 501, and this school is 63% below that mark.
A total of 3 schools make up HARRISBURG R-VIII, with 605 students enrolled.
A large majority of enrollment at HARRISBURG HIGH is White, at 92%. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Boone County, the White share is about 77%. The diversity index for HARRISBURG HIGH is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
HARRISBURG HIGH has 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri. The school has 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points below the 38% average for public schools in Boone County.
On the allk12 Grade, HARRISBURG HIGH lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Missouri public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, HARRISBURG HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri schools: 30.9% actual against 54.0% predicted.
The school is in Boone County, where the median household earns about $72,758 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Boone County, 58 public schools serve about 24,547 students.
HARRISBURG HIGH's nearest public school is HARRISBURG MIDDLE (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.6%; HARRISBURG HIGH's is 30.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 185, up from 170 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.1 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the HARRISBURG HIGH community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,043
Census ACS
Median income
$72,758
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
24,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARRISBURG R-VIII
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYElementary · 291 students
- HARRISBURG MIDDLEMiddle · 129 students
Other schools in HARRISBURG
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYElementary · 291 students
- HARRISBURG MIDDLEMiddle · 129 students
Other Harrisburg High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Harrisburg High. HARRISBURG HIGH is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Harrisburg High School - 01Harrisburg, SD · 1,806 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, PA · 1,343 students
- HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOLHARRISBURG, AR · 516 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, IL · 491 students
- Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, OR · 260 students
Nearby schools
- HARRISBURG MIDDLE0.4 mi · 129
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 291
- MIDWAY HEIGHTS ELEM.10.2 mi · 251
- STURGEON MIDDLE11.8 mi · 79
- STURGEON ELEMENTARY11.8 mi · 221
- JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR.11.9 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISBURG HIGHHow large is HARRISBURG HIGH?
HARRISBURG HIGH enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does HARRISBURG HIGH serve?
HARRISBURG HIGH serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does HARRISBURG HIGH have?
HARRISBURG HIGH employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is HARRISBURG HIGH?
HARRISBURG HIGH reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HARRISBURG HIGH?
HARRISBURG HIGH is overseen by HARRISBURG R-VIII in Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.