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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at RAYTOWN SR. HIGH this year?
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Enrollment
1,280
High
DISTRICT 1,185 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAYTOWN C-2·NCES 292607001525
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH
6019 BLUE RIDGE BLVD, RAYTOWN, MO 64133 · (816) 268-7300 · Jackson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,280 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Missouri public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
716 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 340 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 320 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 296 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 324 | 25% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -16.1pp since 2021
Math
8.4%
MO avg 43.8% . -14.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.2% | 30.6% | 35.4% | 31.6% |
| Math | 3.7% | 4.7% | 23.6% | 67.9% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | N/A | 13.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.9% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 22.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like RAYTOWN SR. HIGH
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYTOWN SR. HIGH this school | 1,280 | 55.9% | 20.4% |
| RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGH RAYTOWN | 1,089 | 60.5% | 24.9% |
| CENTER SR. HIGH KANSAS CITY | 679 | 63.9% | 24.4% |
| MURIEL BATTLE HIGH SCHOOL COLUMBIA | 1,492 | 49.5% | 21.1% |
| PATTONVILLE SR. HIGH MARYLAND HEIGHTS | 1,945 | 42.9% | 53.3% |
| GRANDVIEW SR. HIGH GRANDVIEW | 1,203 | 44.1% | 25.6% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where RAYTOWN SR. HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #385 of 443 | #26 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #435 of 453 ▼ 21 | #31 of 34 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #314 of 382 | #20 of 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.1pp | #6 of 231 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,280 | #74 of 561 | #11 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #266 of 343 | #19 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #17 of 343 | #6 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #136 of 455 | #22 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #42 of 187 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,280
-177 (-12%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,218
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,280 | 79.8 | 16.0:1 | 56% (716) |
| 2023-24 | 1,342 | 81.1 | 16.6:1 | 61% (818) |
| 2022-23 | 1,365 | 85.8 | 15.9:1 | 65% (892) |
| 2020-21 | 1,457 | 82 | 17.8:1 | 62% (904) |
| 2017-18 | 1,494 | 88.7 | 16.9:1 | 58% (873) |
| 2015-16 | 1,608 | 91 | 17.7:1 | 52% (829) |
| 2010-11 | 1,406 | 80 | 17.6:1 | 43% (611) |
| 2000-01 | 1,332 | 68 | 19.6:1 | 15% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 1,218 | 73 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAYTOWN SR. HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,494 to 1,280); teachers down 10% (88.7 to 79.8).
About RAYTOWN SR. HIGH
This page covers RAYTOWN SR. HIGH, a large high school in RAYTOWN, Missouri. The school reports 1,280 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Missouri is about 501 students.
The district, RAYTOWN C-2, operates 17 schools serving 7,676 students.
A majority of students at RAYTOWN SR. HIGH, 52%, are Black. Other reported shares: 19% White, 18% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Jackson County's residents are about 22% Black, 30 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at RAYTOWN SR. HIGH belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH employs 79.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.0:1. That ratio is over the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 56% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades RAYTOWN SR. HIGH a D. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 38.9%. RAYTOWN SR. HIGH posts 20.4%, 18.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Jackson County, median household income is about $68,577, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Jackson County number 244 and enroll about 105,714.
Of nearby public schools, RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 20.4% is below the 51.5% average for nearby schools.
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RAYTOWN SR. HIGH went from 1,457 students to 1,280. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.8:1 to 16.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RAYTOWN C-2
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- RAYTOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- LITTLE BLUE ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
- FLEETRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 355 students
Other schools in RAYTOWN
- RAYTOWN SOUTH SR. HIGHHigh · 1,089 students
- SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 510 students
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 488 students
- SPRING VALLEY ELEM.Elementary · 353 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 346 students
- LAUREL HILLS ELEM.Elementary · 344 students
Nearby schools
- RAYTOWN CENTRAL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 488
- BLUE RIDGE ELEM.0.9 mi · 299
- NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR.1.0 mi · 101
- LAUREL HILLS ELEM.1.2 mi · 344
- ROBINSON ELEM.1.3 mi · 315
- RAYTOWN MIDDLE1.5 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About RAYTOWN SR. HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at RAYTOWN SR. HIGH?
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH enrolls approximately 1,280 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does RAYTOWN SR. HIGH serve?
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does RAYTOWN SR. HIGH have?
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is RAYTOWN SR. HIGH?
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH reports a student body of 19% White, 18% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees RAYTOWN SR. HIGH?
RAYTOWN SR. HIGH is overseen by RAYTOWN C-2 in Jackson County.
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