MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH

MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH operates as a sizable senior high in ANDERSON, Missouri, run under MCDONALD CO. R-I. Current enrollment sits at 1,075 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 115% bigger than the state mean of about 501.

MCDONALD CO. R-I runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,595 students. MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 7% Pacific Islander, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH logs 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.0%; this one comes in at 24.5%, -25.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for McDonald County shows median household income runs about $52,375, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across McDonald County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,867 students), MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ANDERSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MCDONALD COUNTY HIGH comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 1,119 students in 2018 compared to 1,075 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 62% over that span.

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