KEARNEY HIGH

KEARNEY HIGH is a high school of large scale in KEARNEY, Missouri, part of KEARNEY R-I, works with 814 students in grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 501.

Within KEARNEY R-I, which oversees 9 schools and 3,424 students, KEARNEY HIGH is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, KEARNEY HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KEARNEY HIGH has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 13% of students at KEARNEY HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, KEARNEY HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 41.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $88,468, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KEARNEY HIGH is one of 80 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOUTHVIEW ELEM., around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KEARNEY HIGH at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. KEARNEY HIGH's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 874 (now 814). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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