POLO HIGH

POLO HIGH is one of the tiny secondary schools in POLO, Missouri, run under POLO R-VII, with 127 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 75% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

POLO R-VII comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 367 students; POLO HIGH is among them.

Demographically, POLO HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school lists 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting POLO HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Caldwell County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Caldwell County put median household income runs about $64,806, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Caldwell County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,441 students), POLO HIGH is one campus in the mix.

POLO ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around POLO HIGH.

POLO HIGH operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. POLO HIGH's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 127). Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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