MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH

MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH, a low-enrollment secondary school in MONTGOMERY CITY, Missouri, overseen by MONTGOMERY CO. R-II, instructs 336 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 4 schools in MONTGOMERY CO. R-II (1,075 students total), MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 62.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that median household income runs about $65,500, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Montgomery County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,336 students), of which MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is MONTGOMERY CO. MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTGOMERY CO. HIGH ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025.

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