RIDGEWAY HIGH

RIDGEWAY HIGH is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in RIDGEWAY, Missouri, one of the schools within RIDGEWAY R-V, caters to 31 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 94% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within RIDGEWAY R-V, which oversees 2 schools and 69 students, RIDGEWAY HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RIDGEWAY HIGH reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Harrison County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.1:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harrison County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household income runs about $54,367, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harrison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,269 students), of which RIDGEWAY HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is RIDGEWAY ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

RIDGEWAY HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 31 in 2025.

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