HIGBEE HIGH

HIGBEE HIGH is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in HIGBEE, Missouri, run under HIGBEE R-VIII, works with 124 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 75% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 3 schools in HIGBEE R-VIII (278 students total), HIGBEE HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HIGBEE HIGH lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting HIGBEE HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGBEE HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.2%; this one comes in at 28.4%, -21.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Randolph County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,033 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Randolph County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,375 students), HIGBEE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HIGBEE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HIGBEE HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIGBEE HIGH has edged up 33%, going from 93 students in 2018 to 124 in 2025.

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