HERMITAGE HIGH

As a very small secondary school in HERMITAGE, Missouri, HERMITAGE HIGH teaches 88 students from grades 9 through 12, run under HERMITAGE R-IV. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 501.

HERMITAGE R-IV comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 289 students; HERMITAGE HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HERMITAGE HIGH reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Hickory County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting HERMITAGE HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% 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 above Hickory County's rate of about 60%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HERMITAGE HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 34.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Hickory County reports that the typical household earns roughly $39,390 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Hickory County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,618 students), HERMITAGE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HERMITAGE ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HERMITAGE HIGH comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HERMITAGE HIGH's enrollment has rose 40% since 2018, when it stood at 63 (now 88).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.