MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH

MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH is one of the micro-enrollment high schools in PUXICO, Missouri, one of the schools within PUXICO R-VIII, with 37 students on its rolls from grade 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 93% below typical.

Within PUXICO R-VIII, which oversees 4 schools and 712 students, MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 37.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stoddard County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Stoddard County) shows that median household income runs about $57,957, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Stoddard County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH is one campus in the mix.

PUXICO HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH. On composite proficiency, MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 39%: 61 students in 2018 compared to 37 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 13% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 30.5:1 in 2018 to 37.0:1 in 2025.

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