EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH
ELLSINORE · MO · EAST CARTER CO. R-II · Public
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Abm Ministries-Lighthouse Christian Academy → W. E. SEARS YOUTH CTR. → SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. → VAN BUREN HIGH → CLEARWATER HIGH → POPLAR BLUFF TECH. CAREER CTR. → POPLAR BLUFF HIGH → Westwood Baptist Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH compares for families
What families should know about EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Abm Ministries-Lighthouse Christian Academy, W. E. SEARS YOUTH CTR., SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 180 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abm Ministries-Lighthouse Christian Academy Piedmont |
Private | 11.1 | 11 | — |
| W. E. SEARS YOUTH CTR. POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 13.8 | 46 | — |
| SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 14.0 | 12 | — |
| VAN BUREN HIGH VAN BUREN |
Public | 15.6 | 158 | +2.6% |
| CLEARWATER HIGH PIEDMONT |
Public | 16.8 | 230 | -6.5% |
| POPLAR BLUFF TECH. CAREER CTR. POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 18.9 | — | — |
| POPLAR BLUFF HIGH POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 18.9 | 1,416 | -6.7% |
| Westwood Baptist Academy Poplar Bluff |
Private | 19.0 | 209 | -0.5% |