MERCER HIGH

As a rural-scale high school in MERCER, Missouri, MERCER HIGH instructs 58 students from grades 7 through 12, part of NORTH MERCER CO. R-III. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so MERCER HIGH sits 88% below that benchmark.

NORTH MERCER CO. R-III comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 142 students; MERCER HIGH is among them.

On the student-mix side, MERCER HIGH records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 5% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Mercer County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MERCER HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of -7.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Mercer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,679 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mercer County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 468 students), MERCER HIGH is one campus in the mix.

NORTH MERCER ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MERCER HIGH at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

MERCER HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MERCER HIGH has contracted 29%, going from 82 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 today.

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