SANTA FE HIGH

SANTA FE HIGH is one of the very small high schools in ALMA, Missouri, overseen by SANTA FE R-X, with 154 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 69% below typical.

SANTA FE R-X comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 306 students; SANTA FE HIGH is among them.

On demographics, SANTA FE HIGH lists that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Lafayette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting SANTA FE HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SANTA FE HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lafayette County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,612, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lafayette County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students), of which SANTA FE HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: SANTA FE ELEM., around 7.7 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, SANTA FE HIGH comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.0%.

SANTA FE HIGH operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANTA FE HIGH has declined 6%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 154 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 89% across the same window.

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