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WARRENSBURG HIGH
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WARRENSBURG HIGH
WARRENSBURG HIGH is a senior high of substantial scale in WARRENSBURG, Missouri, overseen by WARRENSBURG R-VI, works with 1,027 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so WARRENSBURG HIGH sits 105% larger than that benchmark.
WARRENSBURG R-VI runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,558 students. WARRENSBURG HIGH is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WARRENSBURG HIGH logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school records 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting WARRENSBURG HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WARRENSBURG HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -6.3 points.
Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,272 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. WARRENSBURG HIGH is one of 24 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 8,058 students).
The closest other public school is MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WARRENSBURG HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WARRENSBURG HIGH at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.0%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Over the past 7-year window. WARRENSBURG HIGH's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 962 (now 1,027).
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