Southern Boone High

Located at 14520 Crump Ln, in ASHLAND, Missouri, Southern Boone High is a reasonably sized senior high that teaches 570 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I.

SOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-I runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,971 students. Southern Boone High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southern Boone High records that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, Southern Boone High logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Boone County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southern Boone High ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; Southern Boone High posts 82.0%, +31.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Boone County put median household income runs about $72,758, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Boone County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), Southern Boone High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTHERN BOONE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southern Boone High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.7%.

Southern Boone High operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Southern Boone High's enrollment has climbed 17% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 570). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 93% to 86%.

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