WILLARD HIGH

WILLARD HIGH operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in WILLARD, Missouri, overseen by WILLARD R-II. Current enrollment sits at 1,379 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so WILLARD HIGH sits 175% larger than that benchmark.

WILLARD HIGH is one of 9 schools operated by WILLARD R-II, a district that hosts 4,578 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WILLARD HIGH reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Greene County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLARD HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.7%; actual is 88.1%, +37.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which WILLARD HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLARD EAST ELEM., around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WILLARD HIGH. On composite proficiency, WILLARD HIGH comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLARD HIGH has showed little movement, going from 1,350 students in 2018 to 1,379 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 89% to 84%.

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