MONETT HIGH

MONETT HIGH operates as a medium-sized high school in MONETT, Missouri, operated by MONETT R-I. Current enrollment sits at 742 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% larger than the state mean of about 501.

Within MONETT R-I, which oversees 5 schools and 2,374 students, MONETT HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MONETT HIGH logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lawrence County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting MONETT HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at MONETT HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MONETT HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lawrence County put the typical household earns roughly $61,215 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MONETT HIGH is one of 24 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 7,271 students).

Nearest neighbor: MONETT MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

MONETT HIGH operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONETT HIGH has changed only slightly, going from 761 students in 2018 to 742 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MONETT HIGH community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.