THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH

THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH operates as a close-knit four-year high school in BENTON, Missouri, overseen by SCOTT CO. R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 297 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 501.

THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH is one of 3 schools operated by SCOTT CO. R-IV, a district that serves 902 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%); the rest consists of 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 78%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 33.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Scott County shows median household income runs about $62,782, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Scott County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,999 students), THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SCOTT CO. ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS W. KELLY HIGH has edged down 3%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 297 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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