WEBB CITY JR. HIGH

WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is a 6-8 campus of roomy scale in WEBB CITY, Missouri, operated by WEBB CITY R-VII, educateing 709 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 461 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

Within WEBB CITY R-VII, which oversees 11 schools and 4,623 students, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jasper County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.4%; actual is 23.4%, a gap of -27.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jasper County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,694, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. WEBB CITY JR. HIGH is one of 49 public schools in Jasper County (combined enrollment of about 21,177 students).

Nearest neighbor: EUGENE FIELD ELEM., around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEBB CITY JR. HIGH comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. WEBB CITY JR. HIGH's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 642 (now 709).

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