MACON CO. HIGH

MACON CO. HIGH operates as an one-room-style four-year high school in NEW CAMBRIA, Missouri, overseen by MACON CO. R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 44 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so MACON CO. HIGH sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

MACON CO. HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by MACON CO. R-IV, a district that serves 91 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MACON CO. HIGH logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder looks like 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Macon County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MACON CO. HIGH has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.2:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Macon County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate median household income runs about $62,357, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MACON CO. HIGH is one of 15 public schools in Macon County (combined enrollment of about 2,015 students).

The closest other public school is MACON CO. ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MACON CO. HIGH has contracted 14%, going from 51 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 98% to 93%. Class-load math has tightened: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 in 2025.

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