PARIS JR. HIGH

Located at 25678 BUS HWY 24, in PARIS, Missouri, PARIS JR. HIGH is an one-room-style intermediate school that educates 66 students (grades 7 through 8), run under PARIS R-II. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so PARIS JR. HIGH sits 86% leaner than that benchmark.

PARIS R-II runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 477 students. PARIS JR. HIGH is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PARIS JR. HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Monroe County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PARIS JR. HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.5%; actual is 24.1%, a gap of -26.4 points.

In the broader community, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,516 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Monroe County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,520 students), of which PARIS JR. HIGH is one.

PARIS HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARIS JR. HIGH at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARIS JR. HIGH has edged up 32%, going from 50 students in 2018 to 66 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 98% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.