PALMYRA HIGH

PALMYRA HIGH is one of the small secondary schools in PALMYRA, Missouri, part of PALMYRA R-I, with 331 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

PALMYRA R-I comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,126 students; PALMYRA HIGH is among them.

On demographics, PALMYRA HIGH records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Marion County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at PALMYRA HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PALMYRA HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.6%; actual is 81.3%, +30.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Marion County indicate median household income runs about $62,903, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PALMYRA HIGH is one of 15 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 4,724 students).

The closest other public school is PALMYRA MIDDLE, roughly 0.8 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PALMYRA HIGH ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.6%.

PALMYRA HIGH operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 329 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 95% to 90% over that span.

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