NORTHWEST HIGH

As a very small 9-12 campus in HUGHESVILLE, Missouri, NORTHWEST HIGH educates 167 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within PETTIS CO. R-V. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

NORTHWEST HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by PETTIS CO. R-V, a district that works with 328 students overall.

On the student-mix side, NORTHWEST HIGH reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, NORTHWEST HIGH shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Pettis County's rate of about 61%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pettis County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,430 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pettis County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,820 students), of which NORTHWEST HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHWEST ELEM., around 5.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHWEST HIGH has rose 16%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 167 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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