POTOSI HIGH

POTOSI HIGH, a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in POTOSI, Missouri, run under POTOSI R-III, educates 673 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so POTOSI HIGH sits 34% above that benchmark.

POTOSI R-III runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,110 students. POTOSI HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, POTOSI HIGH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder comes out to 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, POTOSI HIGH has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting POTOSI HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at POTOSI HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, POTOSI HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 24.9%, a gap of -24.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $56,043 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Washington County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,450 students), of which POTOSI HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: CITADEL SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around POTOSI HIGH. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), POTOSI HIGH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POTOSI HIGH has stayed largely flat, going from 672 students in 2018 to 673 in 2025.

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