WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL

WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of tight-knit scale in WARSAW, Missouri, overseen by WARSAW R-IX, serveing 385 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 4 schools in WARSAW R-IX (1,241 students total), WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Benton County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Benton County (around 77%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Benton County shows median household income runs about $52,567, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 2,475 students).

JOHN BOISE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WARSAW HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 376 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 90% over that span.

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