OZARK HIGH

Set in OZARK, Missouri, OZARK HIGH is a large senior high, run under OZARK R-VI. It hosts 1,789 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so OZARK HIGH sits 257% above that benchmark.

OZARK R-VI runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,959 students. OZARK HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, OZARK HIGH lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting OZARK HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OZARK HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 34.6%, a residual of -16.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Christian County put the typical household earns roughly $83,437 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. OZARK HIGH is one of 33 public schools in Christian County (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students).

The closest other public school is OZARK JR. HIGH, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OZARK HIGH at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. OZARK HIGH's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 1,308 (now 1,789). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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