OAK RIDGE HIGH

OAK RIDGE HIGH is one of the rural-scale high schools in OAK RIDGE, Missouri, one of the schools within OAK RIDGE R-VI, with 183 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 501.

OAK RIDGE R-VI comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 365 students; OAK RIDGE HIGH is among them.

On demographics, OAK RIDGE HIGH records that nearly all students (98%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OAK RIDGE HIGH has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cape Girardeau County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OAK RIDGE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -13.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, Cape Girardeau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,464 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OAK RIDGE HIGH is one of 27 public schools in Cape Girardeau County (combined enrollment of about 11,025 students).

Nearest neighbor: OAK RIDGE ELEM., around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, OAK RIDGE HIGH comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAK RIDGE HIGH has ticked up 12%, going from 163 students in 2018 to 183 in 2025.

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