MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL

MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the big 9-12 campuss in COLUMBIA, Missouri, one of the schools within COLUMBIA 93, with 1,492 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 198% above the state mean of about 501.

MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 34 schools operated by COLUMBIA 93, a district that hosts 18,640 students overall.

On demographics, MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Black, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Boone County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Boone County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,758 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,499 students in 2018 compared to 1,492 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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