HARRISBURG HIGH

HARRISBURG HIGH is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in HARRISBURG, Missouri, operated by HARRISBURG R-VIII. The school serves 185 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Within HARRISBURG R-VIII, which oversees 3 schools and 605 students, HARRISBURG HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, HARRISBURG HIGH reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Boone County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARRISBURG HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 69.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,758 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boone County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), HARRISBURG HIGH is one campus in the mix.

HARRISBURG MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARRISBURG HIGH comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

HARRISBURG HIGH operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARRISBURG HIGH's enrollment has ticked up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 185).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for HARRISBURG HIGH typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.