POLO HIGH

POLO HIGH is a high school with a street address in POLO, Missouri. Its 127 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Missouri is about 501 students.

POLO R-VII runs 3 schools with a combined 367 students. POLO HIGH is one of them.

Most students at POLO HIGH are White: 95% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 2% multiracial. For comparison, Caldwell County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at POLO HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.

With 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at POLO HIGH was 9.7:1. The 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 36%. On average, public schools in Caldwell County report 49%.

Caldwell County has about 8,927 residents, and median household income is about $64,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 14 public schools in Caldwell County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,441.

The shortest distance from POLO HIGH to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to POLO ELEM.. The five-mile area around POLO HIGH holds 2 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, POLO HIGH is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

POLO HIGH saw enrollment fall 25% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.1 to 9.7 over 4 years.

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