NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH

As a tiny secondary school in WALKER, Missouri, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH hosts 92 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I. Enrollment runs roughly 82% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 186 students; NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH is among them.

Demographically, NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH reports that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest is composed of 4% Native American, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Vernon County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Vernon County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.8%; this one delivers 55.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Vernon County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,230, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vernon County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,938 students), NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BENTON ELEM., around 7.6 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHEAST VERNON CO. R-I HIGH at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 92 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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