Gideon High School
Public high school in Gideon, Missouri · Gideon 37 School District · Grades 7–12
Gideon High School serves 102 students in grades 7–12 in Gideon (New Madrid County). It is one of 2 schools in Gideon 37 School District. By enrollment it is the 452nd largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 11.3 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 ÷ 9.03 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Gideon 37 School District |
| County | New Madrid County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 291278000535 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Gideon 37 | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 102 | 217 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 11.3 | 9.6 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 100% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 42% 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.
Gideon High School in context
Size
Gideon High School is the only high school in Gideon 37 School District. Its 102 students are 47% of the district's 217. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 8.7 miles away and have a median of 195 students, so Gideon 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 22 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 13, against an average of 17 per grade. This year grade 12 has 33% more students than grade 7 (20 against 15). 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 95.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Gideon 37 (96.3%).
100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across Gideon 37 and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 25.5% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Gideon High School has 9.03 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 102 students would have about 8.4 teachers, so Gideon 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, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Clarkton High School, 2.6 miles away in Clarkton C-4 School District. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 6 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 95.1% |
| Hispanic | 4.9% |
59.8% of students are girls and 40.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 15 |
| Grade 8 | 16 |
| Grade 9 | 13 |
| Grade 10 | 16 |
| Grade 11 | 22 |
| Grade 12 | 20 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
400 Main, Gideon, MO 63848
Phone: (573)448-3471
Website: gideon.k12.mo.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Gideon High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkton High School | Clarkton C-4 | 2.6 mi | 135 | 10.5 | 100% |
| Holcomb High School | Holcomb R-III | 6.7 mi | 194 | 11.2 | 100% |
| Campbell High School | Campbell R-II | 8.6 mi | 235 | 11.8 | 100% |
| Malden High School | Malden R-I | 8.6 mi | 383 | 10.9 | 100% |
| North Pemiscot Senior High School | North Pemiscot County R-I | 8.8 mi | 134 | 11.2 | 100% |
| Risco High School | Risco R-II | 8.9 mi | 78 | 9.5 | 55.1% |
| Portageville High School | Portageville | 12.4 mi | 360 | 11.8 | 62.2% |
| Bernie High School | Bernie R-XIII | 15.3 mi | 195 | 10.2 | 52.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Gideon 37
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gideon Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 115 |