HERMANN HIGH

HERMANN HIGH is a senior high of close-knit scale in HERMANN, Missouri, operated by GASCONADE CO. R-I, enrolling 282 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

GASCONADE CO. R-I runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 813 students. HERMANN HIGH is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HERMANN HIGH reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Gasconade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, HERMANN HIGH has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at HERMANN HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HERMANN HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.5%; actual is 23.8%, a gap of -26.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Gasconade County indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,232 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gasconade County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,494 students), HERMANN HIGH is one campus in the mix.

HERMANN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HERMANN HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HERMANN HIGH at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. HERMANN HIGH's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 318 (now 282). The White share of enrollment edged down from 97% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the HERMANN HIGH community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.