Cainsville High School
Public high school in Cainsville, Missouri · Cainsville R-I School District · Grades 6–12
Cainsville High School serves 38 students in grades 6–12 in Cainsville (Harrison County). It is one of 2 schools in Cainsville R-I School District. By enrollment it is the 523rd largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 5 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than 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 ÷ 7.67 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Cainsville R-I School District |
| County | Harrison County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290645000164 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Cainsville R-I | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 38 | 86 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 5 | 6 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 63.2% | 62.8% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 3% 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.
Cainsville High School in context
Size
Cainsville High School is the only high school in Cainsville R-I School District. Its 38 students are 44.2% of the district's 86. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 15.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 83; Cainsville High School is smaller 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 11 with 10 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 1, against an average of 5 per grade. This year grade 12 has 40% more students than grade 6 (7 against 5). 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
The largest group is White students: 97.4% here and 98.8% across Cainsville R-I.
63.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 62.8% across Cainsville R-I and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 15.8% 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
With 7.67 full-time-equivalent teachers for 38 students, Cainsville High School has 5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 38 students would have about 3.1 teachers, so Cainsville High School has 4.6 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Cainsville High School is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, remote. The nearest other high school is Ridgeway High School, 9.6 miles away in Ridgeway R-V School District. Within 10 miles there is 1 other high school, 0 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 97.4% |
| Black | 2.6% |
55.3% of students are girls and 44.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 5 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 5 |
| Grade 9 | 5 |
| Grade 10 | 5 |
| Grade 11 | 10 |
| Grade 12 | 7 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1308 Depot St, Cainsville, MO 64632
Phone: (660)893-5214
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Cainsville High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeway High School | Ridgeway R-V | 9.6 mi | 31 | 4.1 | 87.1% |
| Princeton R-V Junior-Senior High School | Princeton R-V | 10.5 mi | 151 | 8.8 | 28.5% |
| North Harrison High School | North Harrison R-III | 11.4 mi | 106 | 10 | 53.8% |
| Mercer High School | North Mercer County R-III | 13.8 mi | 58 | 5.2 | 62.1% |
| South Harrison High School | South Harrison County R-II | 16.8 mi | 243 | 14.6 | 40.7% |
| Gilman City High School | Gilman City R-IV | 21.6 mi | 60 | 6.9 | 75% |
| Newtown-Harris High School | Newtown-Harris R-III | 23.4 mi | 36 | 4.5 | 63.9% |
| Trenton High School | Trenton R-IX | 26.4 mi | 318 | 13.1 | 42.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Cainsville R-I
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cainsville Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 48 |