IBERIA HIGH

IBERIA HIGH is a tight-knit secondary school in IBERIA, Missouri, operated by IBERIA R-V. The school works with 291 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

IBERIA R-V comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 658 students; IBERIA HIGH is among them.

Demographically, IBERIA HIGH records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, IBERIA HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 63.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miller County put median household earnings sit near $56,736, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Miller County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,092 students), IBERIA HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IBERIA ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, IBERIA HIGH comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. IBERIA HIGH's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 291). White enrollment moved from 99% to 95% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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