MORGAN CO. HIGH

MORGAN CO. HIGH operates as a modestly sized secondary school in VERSAILLES, Missouri, run under MORGAN CO. R-II. Current enrollment sits at 377 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

MORGAN CO. R-II comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,263 students; MORGAN CO. HIGH is among them.

On the student-mix side, MORGAN CO. HIGH lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Morgan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Morgan County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MORGAN CO. HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Morgan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,412 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MORGAN CO. HIGH is one of 7 public schools in Morgan County (combined enrollment of about 1,885 students).

Nearest neighbor: MORGAN CO. MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MORGAN CO. HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. MORGAN CO. HIGH's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 377). Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 93%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.