WEST NODAWAY HIGH

WEST NODAWAY HIGH operates as a very small senior high in BURLINGTON JCT, Missouri, overseen by WEST NODAWAY CO. R-I. Current enrollment sits at 94 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 81% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Across the 2 schools in WEST NODAWAY CO. R-I (225 students total), WEST NODAWAY HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WEST NODAWAY HIGH records that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest consists of 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, WEST NODAWAY HIGH lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST NODAWAY HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Nodaway County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,315 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nodaway County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,410 students), of which WEST NODAWAY HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is WEST NODAWAY R-I ELEM., roughly 0.0 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST NODAWAY HIGH at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST NODAWAY HIGH has fell 11%, going from 106 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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