Advance High School
Public high school in Advance, Missouri · Advance R-IV School District · Grades 7–12
Advance High School serves 188 students in grades 7–12 in Advance (Stoddard County). It is one of 2 schools in Advance R-IV School District. By enrollment it is the 354th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 12.6 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Advance R-IV School District |
| County | Stoddard County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290288000004 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Advance R-IV | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 188 | 428 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 36.2% | 41.9% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 54% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Advance High School in context
Size
Advance High School is the only high school in Advance R-IV School District. Its 188 students are 43.9% of the district's 428. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 12.7 miles away and have a median of 141 students, so Advance High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 7 with 40 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 26, against an average of 31 per grade. This year grade 12 has 32% fewer students than grade 7 (27 against 40). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 97.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Advance R-IV (96%).
36.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 41.9% across Advance R-IV and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 17% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Advance High School has 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 188 students would have about 15.4 teachers, so Advance High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Bell City High School, 7.8 miles away in Bell City R-II School District. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 2 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 97.9% |
| Hispanic | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |
46.3% of students are girls and 53.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 40 |
| Grade 8 | 31 |
| Grade 9 | 26 |
| Grade 10 | 32 |
| Grade 11 | 32 |
| Grade 12 | 27 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
201 School Street, Advance, MO 63730
Phone: (573)722-3584
Website: advancehornets.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Advance High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell City High School | Bell City R-II | 7.8 mi | 91 | 6.8 | 62.6% |
| Zalma High School | Zalma R-V | 10.0 mi | 73 | 8.6 | 100% |
| Leopold High School | Leopold R-III | 10.3 mi | 92 | 8.9 | 21.7% |
| Delta High School | Delta R-V | 11.2 mi | 117 | 9.6 | 64.1% |
| Oran High School | Oran R-III | 14.1 mi | 165 | 12.7 | 40% |
| Chaffee Junior-Senior High School | Chaffee R-II | 14.3 mi | 269 | 11.2 | 54.6% |
| Woodland High School | Woodland R-IV | 15.1 mi | 263 | 13.4 | 50.2% |
| Bloomfield High School | Bloomfield R-XIV | 15.6 mi | 167 | 10.8 | 49.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Advance R-IV
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Elementary School | Elementary | K–6 | 240 |