THAYER SR. HIGH

THAYER SR. HIGH is a senior high of compact scale in THAYER, Missouri, overseen by THAYER R-II, educateing 359 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 2 schools in THAYER R-II (780 students total), THAYER SR. HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, THAYER SR. HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, THAYER SR. HIGH shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages about 12.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oregon County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, THAYER SR. HIGH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -22.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Oregon County indicate median household income runs about $43,069, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oregon County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,750 students), THAYER SR. HIGH is one campus in the mix.

THAYER ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around THAYER SR. HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THAYER SR. HIGH at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. THAYER SR. HIGH's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 359).

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