KOSHKONONG HIGH

Set in KOSHKONONG, Missouri, KOSHKONONG HIGH is a rural-scale 9-12 campus, overseen by OREGON-HOWELL R-III. It educates 86 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 83% smaller than the state mean of about 501.

KOSHKONONG HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by OREGON-HOWELL R-III, a district that hosts 213 students overall.

Demographically, KOSHKONONG HIGH shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oregon County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, KOSHKONONG HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.0%; actual is 17.4%, a gap of -32.6 points.

In the broader community, Oregon County reports that median household earnings sit near $43,069, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. KOSHKONONG HIGH is one of 8 public schools in Oregon County (combined enrollment of about 1,750 students).

The closest other public school is KOSHKONONG ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KOSHKONONG HIGH ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. KOSHKONONG HIGH's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 102 (now 86). The White share of enrollment fell from 98% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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