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JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR.
Located at 5665 ROGER I WILSON MEM DR, in COLUMBIA, Missouri, JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. is a very small K-12 campus that instructs 24 students (grades 1 through 12), part of COLUMBIA 93. Compared to the state average of about 205 students per school, that is 88% below typical.
COLUMBIA 93 comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 18,640 students; JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. is among them.
In terms of who attends, JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. records that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. The state averages around 7.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
In the area at large, Boone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,758 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Boone County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ALPHA HART LEWIS, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. has rose 100%, going from 12 students in 2018 to 24 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 5.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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