PUXICO JR. HIGH

PUXICO JR. HIGH is a junior high of one-room-style scale in PUXICO, Missouri, part of PUXICO R-VIII, hosting 176 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

PUXICO R-VIII comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 712 students; PUXICO JR. HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, PUXICO JR. HIGH reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Stoddard County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PUXICO JR. HIGH has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, PUXICO JR. HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 32.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Stoddard County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,957 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Stoddard County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,712 students), PUXICO JR. HIGH is one campus in the mix.

PUXICO ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PUXICO JR. HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PUXICO JR. HIGH at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 177 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025.

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