Trenton High School

Trenton High School is one of the cozy secondary schools in Trenton, Missouri, part of TRENTON R-IX, with 318 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so Trenton High School sits 37% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in TRENTON R-IX (967 students total), Trenton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Trenton High School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting Trenton High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Trenton High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 42.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Grundy County shows median household income runs about $51,975, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Trenton High School is one of 7 public schools in Grundy County (combined enrollment of about 1,265 students).

Trenton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Trenton High School. On composite proficiency, Trenton High School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Trenton High School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 318).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.