OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL

OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment multi-level schools in WEST PLAINS, Missouri, overseen by MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED, with 17 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 205 students.

MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 652 students. OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest reads as 6% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Howell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 7.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Howell County put median household income runs about $50,993, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Howell County (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students).

The closest other public school is RICHARDS ELEM., roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OZARK HORIZON SCHOOL has contracted 15%, going from 20 students in 2018 to 17 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 80% to 94%.

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