STEELVILLE HIGH

STEELVILLE HIGH operates as an intimate four-year high school in STEELVILLE, Missouri, overseen by STEELVILLE R-III. Current enrollment sits at 278 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 501.

STEELVILLE HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by STEELVILLE R-III, a district that teaches 908 students overall.

In terms of who attends, STEELVILLE HIGH logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic. Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, STEELVILLE HIGH has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, STEELVILLE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 33.5%, a residual of -16.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Crawford County put the typical household earns roughly $57,629 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Crawford County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,915 students), of which STEELVILLE HIGH is one.

STEELVILLE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEELVILLE HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. STEELVILLE HIGH's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 278). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for STEELVILLE HIGH typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.