LAMAR HIGH

LAMAR HIGH operates as a modestly sized high school in LAMAR, Missouri, part of LAMAR R-I. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 501.

Within LAMAR R-I, which oversees 4 schools and 1,158 students, LAMAR HIGH is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LAMAR HIGH logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder comes out to 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Barton County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LAMAR HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.6%; actual is 8.0%, a gap of -42.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Barton County put median household earnings sit near $51,635, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Barton County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,593 students), of which LAMAR HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is LAMAR ELEM., roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAMAR HIGH at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 57.7%.

LAMAR HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAMAR HIGH's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 369).

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