STURGEON HIGH

Located at 210 W PATTON ST, in STURGEON, Missouri, STURGEON HIGH is an one-room-style four-year high school that enrolls 128 students (grades 9 through 12), run under STURGEON R-V. That puts it 74% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

STURGEON HIGH is one of 4 schools operated by STURGEON R-V, a district that educates 2,773 students overall.

Demographically, STURGEON HIGH reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STURGEON HIGH has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting STURGEON HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, STURGEON HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.7%; actual is 23.1%, a gap of -27.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Boone County) shows that median household income runs about $72,758, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Boone County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,547 students), of which STURGEON HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is STURGEON MIDDLE, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STURGEON HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 135 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2025.

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