MARION C. EARLY HIGH

MARION C. EARLY HIGH operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in MORRISVILLE, Missouri, overseen by MARION C. EARLY R-V. Current enrollment sits at 150 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 70% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within MARION C. EARLY R-V, which oversees 3 schools and 576 students, MARION C. EARLY HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MARION C. EARLY HIGH reports that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest looks like 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Polk County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting MARION C. EARLY HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Polk County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARION C. EARLY HIGH is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 78.8%, a residual of +28.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) shows that median household income runs about $59,647, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Polk County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,965 students), MARION C. EARLY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MARION C. EARLY ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARION C. EARLY HIGH comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARION C. EARLY HIGH's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 150). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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