Summary:
The South Iron High is the sole high school serving grades 7-12 in the South Iron County R-I district in Missouri, with a total enrollment of 143 students.
South Iron High has a strong 95.2% four-year graduation rate, which exceeds the state average. However, the school faces challenges, including a high 13.2% chronic absenteeism rate and low proficiency in Algebra I at 23.4%, well below the state average of 45.4%. Conversely, the school's Biology I proficiency rate of 48.6% is much higher than the state average of 37.3%. With 76.22% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a relatively low-income student population.
Despite these mixed results, South Iron High has some notable strengths, including a favorable 9.9 student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average spending of $12,086 per student. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined in recent years, from 124th in 2024-2025 to 289th in 2022-2023, indicating a potential downward trend that warrants further investigation.
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