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Arcadia Valley High

Public Grades 9-12

278^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 367 Missouri High Schools

Better than 24% of Missouri high schools

Summary

Arcadia Valley High is a public high school located in Ironton, Missouri, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 335 students. The school is part of the Arcadia Valley R-II School District, which is ranked 219 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Arcadia Valley High has consistently underperformed the state average in proficiency rates for Algebra I, Biology I, and English II end-of-course exams, with a 2024-2025 Algebra I proficiency rate of 23.9% compared to the state average of 45.4%. In comparison, nearby schools like West County High, Central High, and Farmington Senior High have generally outperformed Arcadia Valley High in these academic measures. However, Arcadia Valley High has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 95.0% to 97.6% over the past few years, which is comparable to or slightly higher than the graduation rates of the nearby schools.

Arcadia Valley High has experienced fluctuating chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 5.7% to 22.9% in recent years, which is generally higher than the chronic absenteeism rates of the nearby schools. The school also has a significant population of low-socioeconomic status students, with 24.48% to 50.15% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years, which is higher than the rates of nearby schools. Despite this, Arcadia Valley High has performed relatively well in serving its low-socioeconomic status students, ranking 63rd out of 255 Missouri high schools in this subgroup in 2020-2021.

306

Students ?

14.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,048

Per pupil spending ?

23.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

520 Park Dr
Ironton, MO 63650-1418

(573) 546-9700

District: Arcadia Valley R-II

Feeder schools for Arcadia Valley High:

Elementary:	Arcadia Valley Elementary
Middle:	Arcadia Valley Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

93.1%

Hispanic:

5.2%

American Indian:

0.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 52nd percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓99% graduate within 4 years

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Missouri average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg25%

Missouri avg41%

278^th of 367

Missouri public high schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 27 pts since 2015

From top 48% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

219^th of 367Arcadia Valley R-II among Missouri districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	27.0	278 of 367	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.9	254 of 378	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.8	217 of 352	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.4	228 of 361	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	56.2	116 of 358	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.1	247 of 460	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.9	403 of 468	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	36.0	287 of 404	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	72.8	61 of 401	84.8%	★★★★☆
2015	50.0	244 of 504	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	64.5	111 of 521	78.7%	★★★★☆
2013	56.7	177 of 523	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	61.3	146 of 522	72.0%	★★★★☆
2011	44.5	309 of 528	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	53.5	225 of 516	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2009	34.1	374 of 507	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	28.4	437 of 539	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	60.3	177 of 538	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2006	40.9	366 of 534	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	47.2	143 of 279	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.5	95 of 274	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	66.8	63 of 255	75.3%	★★★★☆
2019	41.8	213 of 368	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	16.6	359 of 382	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Missouri percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	266 of 306	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.7	243 of 321	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.6	217 of 302	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	220 of 310	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.6	144 of 309	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.1	285 of 430	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	15.1	408 of 440	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)49th percentile+24 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?

Biology I25%-12 vs state

Algebra I24%-22 vs state

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Schools Near Arcadia Valley High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)	MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)		MAP Algebra I (2025)	MAP Biology I (2025)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (2025)	MAP Government (2025)	MAP Physics (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	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 Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	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	MAP Physics End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Arcadia Valley High	Public	9-12	520 Park Dr	Ironton	63650	Iron County	Arcadia Valley R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 546-9700	306	21	14.2	23.2%	285 (93.1%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	27	278^th of 367 public high schools	24.3%		31.9	254^th of 378 public high schools	32.8%	24					23.9	25.4					$16,048	$1,239	$14,810
Arcadia Valley Career Technical Center	Public	9-12	650 Park Dr	Ironton	63650	Iron County	Arcadia Valley R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 546-9700	0	8	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Bismarck R-V High	Public	6-12	165 Campus Drive	Bismarck	63624	St. Francois County	Bismarck R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 734-6111	239	19	12.6	100.0%	225 (94.1%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	26.9	281^st of 367 public high schools	23.4%		21.3	302^nd of 378 public high schools	20.1%	21	12.6	28.2	41.3	28.2	41.1	13.6					$13,131	$933	$12,198
Valley High	Public	7-12	1 Viking Dr	Caledonia	63631	Washington County	Valley R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 779-3515	170	18	9.5	100.0%	166 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	10.7	327^th of 367 public high schools	10.9%		20.2	309^th of 378 public high schools	18.3%	18	18.3	27.4			13.2			12.5		14.4	$16,403	$1,349	$15,053
Lesterville High School	Public	7-12	33415 Hwy 21	Lesterville	63654	Reynolds County	Lesterville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 637-2201	70	12	5.6	54.3%	64 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)								(n/a)											$27,119	$1,091	$26,028
Farmington Correctional Center	Public	7-12	1012 W Columbia	Farmington	63640	St. Francois County	Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(573) 218-7100	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Farmington Treatment Center	Public	7-12	1012 W Columbia	Farmington	63640	St. Francois County	Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(573) 218-7100	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Iron High	Public	7-12	210 School St	Annapolis	63620	Iron County	South Iron County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 598-4241	145	15	9.8	73.8%	122 (84.1%)	12 (8.3%)	9 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	55.5	124^th of 367 public high schools	66.2%		31	259^th of 378 public high schools	31.5%	135					23.4	48.6					$15,342	$623	$14,719
Farmington Senior High	Public	9-12	1 Black Knight Dr	Farmington	63640	St. Francois County	Farmington R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(573) 701-1310	1,354	86	15.6	45.7%	1,282 (94.7%)	12 (0.9%)	34 (2.5%)	6 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	14 (1.0%)	55	127^th of 367 public high schools	65.4%		48.1	158^th of 378 public high schools	58.2%	31					45.6	36.3	45.9	54.2	49.2		$11,533	$502	$11,031
Central High	Public	9-12	116 Rebel Dr	Park Hills	63601	St. Francois County	Central R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 431-2616	605	39	15.4	54.5%	561 (92.7%)	18 (3.0%)	19 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	55.7	123^rd of 367 public high schools	66.5%		52.5	134^th of 378 public high schools	64.6%	11					28.4	44.6	57.8		41.0		$11,344	$418	$10,926

Frequently Asked Questions about Arcadia Valley High

What schools feed into Arcadia Valley High?

Arcadia Valley High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Arcadia Valley Elementary
Middle : Arcadia Valley Middle

Is Arcadia Valley High a good school?

Arcadia Valley High ranks in the bottom 24.3% of Missouri high schools.

What district is Arcadia Valley High in?

Arcadia Valley R-II

How many students attend Arcadia Valley High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 306 students attended Arcadia Valley High.

What is the racial makeup of Arcadia Valley High?

Students at Arcadia Valley High are 93% White, 5% Hispanic.

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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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