DELTA HIGH

Located at 324 LIBERTY ST, in DELTA, Missouri, DELTA HIGH is a rural-scale four-year high school that hosts 117 students (grades 6 through 12), run under DELTA R-V. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 77% below typical.

DELTA R-V runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 225 students. DELTA HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DELTA HIGH lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 3% Black. By comparison, Cape Girardeau County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DELTA HIGH has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting DELTA HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DELTA HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cape Girardeau County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,464, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. DELTA HIGH is one of 27 public schools in Cape Girardeau County (combined enrollment of about 11,025 students).

DELTA ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around DELTA HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DELTA HIGH at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DELTA HIGH has declined 6%, going from 124 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025.

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