Summary:
The 65552 zip code is home to a single high school, Plato High, which serves students in the Plato R-V school district. While Plato High has a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 98.1%, the school has faced declining performance, with its statewide ranking dropping from 237 out of 352 Missouri high schools in 2022-2023 to 315 out of 367 in 2024-2025, earning a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Plato High struggles to meet state-level proficiency standards. The school's student proficiency rates on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests are consistently lower than the state averages across various subjects and grade levels, with particularly low performance in Mathematics. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 8th-grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 7.4%, compared to the state average of 32.7%.
Socioeconomic factors may play a role in Plato High's academic challenges, as the school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 49.2%, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. However, the school's student-teacher ratio of 13.8 is slightly lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $10,550, which is in line with the state's average spending. These factors suggest that there may be opportunities to invest in additional resources and support to address the academic needs of Plato High's students.
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