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High Schools in Kirksville R-III

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DistrictKirksville R-III148^th of 367 Missouri districtsFull district overview →

Schools

791

Students

Top rankedKirksville Senior High149^th of 367 Missouri high schools

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Summary:

The Kirksville R-III school district in Missouri is home to a single high school, Kirksville Senior High. This school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and overall rating in recent years, dropping from 95th out of 352 Missouri high schools in 2022-2023 to 149th out of 367 in 2024-2025. The school's four-year graduation rate of 91.1% is slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.9% is higher than the state average.

Academically, Kirksville Senior High performs relatively well in Algebra II, with 79.3% of students proficient or better, compared to the district's 81.5% and the state's 58%. However, in most other End of Course (EOC) assessments, the school's proficiency rates are below the district and state averages. The school's performance in English II is closer to the state average, with 52.4% proficient or better, compared to the state's 52.9%.

The school has a student population of 763 and a student-teacher ratio of 16.8, slightly higher than the national average. The school's free and reduced-price lunch rate of 34.47% indicates a moderate level of economic disadvantage among the student population, which could impact their academic performance and overall well-being. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $10,455, slightly above the national average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Algebra I (2025)	MAP Biology I (2025)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (2025)	MAP Government (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kirksville Area Technical Center	Public	9-12	1103 S Cottage Grove	Kirksville	63501	Adair County	Kirksville R-III	No	No	No	No	(660) 665-2865	0	13	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Kirksville Senior High	Public	9-12	1300 S Cottage Grove	Kirksville	63501	Adair County	Kirksville R-III	No	No	No	No	(660) 665-4631	791	44	17.8	37.7%	655 (82.8%)	62 (7.8%)	30 (3.8%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	28 (3.5%)	51.4	149^th of 367 public high schools	59.4%		55.7	117^th of 378 public high schools	69.0%	32	38.7	32.4	52.4	79.3	40.3	$11,880	$368	$11,512

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Adair County R-I	8.05 mi	2
Adair County R-II	10.05 mi	2
La Plata R-II	11.88 mi	2	10^th
Schuyler County R-I	16.3 mi	2	296^th
Atlanta C-3	20.72 mi	3

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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