MONROE CITY R-I HIGH

MONROE CITY R-I HIGH is one of the low-enrollment four-year high schools in MONROE CITY, Missouri, operated by MONROE CITY R-I, with 271 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

MONROE CITY R-I HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by MONROE CITY R-I, a district that educates 780 students overall.

On demographics, MONROE CITY R-I HIGH logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monroe County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MONROE CITY R-I HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $54,516, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MONROE CITY R-I HIGH is one of 10 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 1,520 students).

Nearest neighbor: MONROE CITY MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MONROE CITY R-I HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MONROE CITY R-I HIGH at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 266 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025.

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