SUMMERSVILLE HIGH

SUMMERSVILLE HIGH, a small 9-12 campus in SUMMERSVILLE, Missouri, run under SUMMERSVILLE R-II, enrolls 215 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 57% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

SUMMERSVILLE HIGH is one of 2 schools operated by SUMMERSVILLE R-II, a district that works with 418 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SUMMERSVILLE HIGH reports that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SUMMERSVILLE HIGH has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Texas County's rate of about 89%.

With demographic context factored in, SUMMERSVILLE 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 42.3%, a residual of -8.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Texas County put median household income runs about $50,036, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Texas County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,571 students), SUMMERSVILLE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUMMERSVILLE ELEM., roughly 0.7 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUMMERSVILLE HIGH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 215 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.