LUTIE HIGH

Set in THEODOSIA, Missouri, LUTIE HIGH is a very small secondary school, overseen by LUTIE R-VI. It works with 58 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

LUTIE R-VI comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 106 students; LUTIE HIGH is among them.

Demographically, LUTIE HIGH logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Ozark County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LUTIE HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ozark County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Ozark County shows the typical household earns roughly $44,163 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Ozark County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,458 students), LUTIE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LUTIE ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LUTIE HIGH has shrank 15%, going from 68 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025.

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