STOUTLAND HIGH

STOUTLAND HIGH is a senior high of micro-enrollment scale in STOUTLAND, Missouri, part of STOUTLAND R-II, caters to 158 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 2 schools in STOUTLAND R-II (393 students total), STOUTLAND HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, STOUTLAND HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Camden County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STOUTLAND HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,387 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. STOUTLAND HIGH is one of 16 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 4,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: STOUTLAND ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, STOUTLAND HIGH comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STOUTLAND HIGH has fell 24%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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