MANSFIELD JR. HIGH

MANSFIELD JR. HIGH operates as a micro-enrollment middle school in MANSFIELD, Missouri, part of MANSFIELD R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 135 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% smaller than the state mean of about 461.

MANSFIELD R-IV comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 621 students; MANSFIELD JR. HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, MANSFIELD JR. HIGH lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MANSFIELD JR. HIGH has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANSFIELD JR. HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 65.2%, a residual of +15.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Wright County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,909 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Wright County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,155 students), of which MANSFIELD JR. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is MANSFIELD HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MANSFIELD JR. HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANSFIELD JR. HIGH at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 135 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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