📍 201 School Street, Advance, Stoddard County, 63730
Advance High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Advance, Stoddard County. The school has 183 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Advance R-Iv school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 95%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Advance High enrolls 183 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 178 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
75 of the school's 183 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 61 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Advance High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-80, state senate district 25, state house district 151.
Advance High is one of 3 schools in ADVANCE R-IV, based in ADVANCE, Missouri. The district serves 428 students district-wide and employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 183 students, Advance High is larger than the district average of about 143 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant