PLATTSBURG HIGH

PLATTSBURG HIGH, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in PLATTSBURG, Missouri, one of the schools within CLINTON CO. R-III, enrolls 200 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 60% smaller than the state mean of about 501.

CLINTON CO. R-III runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 698 students. PLATTSBURG HIGH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PLATTSBURG HIGH shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Clinton County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PLATTSBURG HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 70.1%.

Across the wider county, Clinton County reports that median household income runs about $70,627, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Clinton County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,692 students), PLATTSBURG HIGH is one campus in the mix.

CLINTON CO. R-III MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PLATTSBURG HIGH. On composite proficiency, PLATTSBURG HIGH comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

PLATTSBURG HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 197 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 87% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for PLATTSBURG HIGH typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.