NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH

NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH, a tiny high school in HOPKINS, Missouri, part of NORTH NODAWAY CO. R-VI, enrolls 100 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

NORTH NODAWAY CO. R-VI comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 186 students; NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH is among them.

In terms of who attends, NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 2% multiracial. Compared to Nodaway County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nodaway County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.3%; actual is 25.9%, a gap of -24.4 points.

Across the wider county, Nodaway County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,315, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH is one of 17 public schools in Nodaway County (combined enrollment of about 2,410 students).

The closest other public school is NORTH NODAWAY ELEM., roughly 7.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH NODAWAY JR.-SR. HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 117 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025.

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