SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL

As a substantial middle-grades school in SEDALIA, Missouri, SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL serves 1,133 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by SEDALIA 200. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL sits 146% larger than that benchmark.

SEDALIA 200 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,209 students. SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Pettis County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, Pettis County reports that median household income runs about $60,430, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pettis County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,820 students), of which SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL is one.

The closest other public school is WASHINGTON ELEM., roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL. On composite proficiency, SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. SMITH COTTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,125 (now 1,133). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 17% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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