SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in SIKESTON, Missouri, SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a substantial 9-12 campus, part of SIKESTON R-6. It instructs 955 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 91% bigger than that benchmark.

SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by SIKESTON R-6, a district that enrolls 3,277 students overall.

On demographics, SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Scott County's rate of about 78%.

With demographic context factored in, SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.4%; actual is 72.9%, +23.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Scott County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,782, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Scott County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students), of which SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

SIKESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SIKESTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 931 (now 955). The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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