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Enrollment
492
Middle
DISTRICT 587 · STATE 461
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO R-III·NCES 291443002597
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH
12 HAWK DR, HILLSBORO, MO 63050 · (636) 789-0020 · Jefferson County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Missouri public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
148 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 253 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 49% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH→HILLSBORO HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HILLSBORO R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.9pp since 2021
Math
46.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +5.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.1% | 25.6% | 42.8% | 10.3% |
| Math | 21.1% | 25.4% | 40.9% | 12.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 41.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.6% | 41.3% |
| 2021-22 | 39.8% | 41.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HILLSBORO JR. HIGH
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLSBORO JR. HIGH this school | 492 | 30.1% | 46.6% |
| Washington Middle WASHINGTON | 505 | 28.5% | 49.4% |
| ANTONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL BARNHART | 535 | 30.3% | 53.1% |
| ODESSA MIDDLE ODESSA | 462 | 33.1% | 38.5% |
| FESTUS MIDDLE FESTUS | 486 | 33.1% | 60.4% |
| LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE UPPER ELEM. ROGERSVILLE | 538 | 34.6% | 55.0% |
Matched among Missouri middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HILLSBORO JR. HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #126 of 379 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #162 of 380 ▲ 50 | #9 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #121 of 380 ▲ 2 | #7 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #97 of 364 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #170 of 397 | #10 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #292 of 321 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #279 of 321 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #305 of 379 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #141 of 224 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
492
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 492 | 31.4 | 15.7:1 | 30% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 31.2 | 16.1:1 | 33% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 34.2 | 15.9:1 | 31% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 24% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 33.9 | 15.8:1 | 30% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 39% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 33 | 17.7:1 | 23% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HILLSBORO JR. HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (535 to 492); teachers down 8% (33.9 to 31.4).
About HILLSBORO JR. HIGH
At 12 HAWK DR in HILLSBORO, Missouri, HILLSBORO JR. HIGH operates as a medium-sized middle school. A federal count lists 492 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8.
The HILLSBORO R-III system has 6 schools and 3,117 students.
White students are the large majority at HILLSBORO JR. HIGH, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at HILLSBORO JR. HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
The school reports 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.7 students per teacher. The 13.0:1 average for middle schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%.
The allk12 Grade for HILLSBORO JR. HIGH is B. Compared with Missouri public middle schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with HILLSBORO JR. HIGH's lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 48.6%. HILLSBORO JR. HIGH scores 46.6%, 2.0 points below that line.
In Jefferson County (population about 229,458), median household income is about $82,851, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILLSBORO JR. HIGH is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 36,216 students.
The nearest other public school, HILLSBORO ELEM., is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.2%; HILLSBORO JR. HIGH's is 46.6%, ranking 3rd of 5.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 492 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 546.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBORO R-III
- HILLSBORO HIGHHigh · 1,050 students
- HILLSBORO MIDDLE ELEM.Middle · 682 students
- HILLSBORO ELEM.Elementary · 459 students
- HILLSBORO PRIMARYElementary · 429 students
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.Combined · 5 students
Other schools in HILLSBORO
- Missouri Virtual AcademyCombined · 3,895 students
- HILLSBORO HIGHHigh · 1,050 students
- HILLSBORO MIDDLE ELEM.Middle · 682 students
- HILLSBORO ELEM.Elementary · 459 students
- HILLSBORO PRIMARYElementary · 429 students
- GRANDVIEW HIGHHigh · 237 students
Other HILLSBORO Junior HIGH schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named HILLSBORO Junior HIGH. HILLSBORO JR. HIGH is the largest of the 3.
- Hillsboro Jr High SchoolHillsboro, IL · 319 students
- Hillsboro Junior High SchoolHILLSBORO, TX · 290 students
Nearby schools
- HILLSBORO ELEM.0.1 mi · 459
- HILLSBORO MIDDLE ELEM.0.3 mi · 682
- HILLSBORO PRIMARY0.6 mi · 429
- NEW DAY - DAY TREATMENT0.6 mi · 22
- HILLSBORO HIGH0.9 mi · 1,050
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.0.9 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About HILLSBORO JR. HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at HILLSBORO JR. HIGH?
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH enrolls approximately 492 students in grades 07-08.
Is HILLSBORO JR. HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does HILLSBORO JR. HIGH have?
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at HILLSBORO JR. HIGH?
Student demographics at HILLSBORO JR. HIGH are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HILLSBORO JR. HIGH in?
HILLSBORO JR. HIGH is part of HILLSBORO R-III.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.