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HARRISONVILLE HIGH
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARRISONVILLE HIGH
HARRISONVILLE HIGH operates as a moderately sized secondary school in HARRISONVILLE, Missouri, one of the schools within HARRISONVILLE R-IX. Current enrollment sits at 734 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 47% above typical.
Across the 6 schools in HARRISONVILLE R-IX (2,187 students total), HARRISONVILLE HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, HARRISONVILLE HIGH lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Cass County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, On paper, HARRISONVILLE HIGH has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARRISONVILLE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +6.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cass County) shows that median household income runs about $87,535, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cass County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), HARRISONVILLE HIGH is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR., around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARRISONVILLE HIGH at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. HARRISONVILLE HIGH's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 843 (now 734). The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.
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- HARRISONVILLE ELEM.0.7 mi · 427
- BRIARWOOD SCHOOL1.1 mi · 9
- MCEOWEN ELEM.1.1 mi · 271
- EVERETT WADE JUVENILE CTR.1.8 mi · 10