SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS
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Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 52 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS
As a micro-enrollment four-year high school in LUDLOW, Missouri, SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS works with 89 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.
SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO. R-I runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 179 students. SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS is one of those campuses.
Demographically, SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%).
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 62% of students at SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Livingston County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 46.4%, a residual of -3.8 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Livingston County) reports that median household income runs about $63,627, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Livingston County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,651 students), SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON CO R-1 HS's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 79 (now 89). White enrollment moved from 92% to 99% across the same window.
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