PUTNAM CO. HIGH

PUTNAM CO. HIGH is one of the rural-scale senior highs in UNIONVILLE, Missouri, one of the schools within PUTNAM CO. R-I, with 175 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

PUTNAM CO. R-I runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 605 students. PUTNAM CO. HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, PUTNAM CO. HIGH shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at PUTNAM CO. HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PUTNAM CO. HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Putnam County) logs that median household earnings sit near $63,510, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. PUTNAM CO. HIGH is one of 3 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 605 students).

Nearest neighbor: PUTNAM CO. ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PUTNAM CO. HIGH comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PUTNAM CO. HIGH has shrank 20%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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