Harrisburg High School
Public high school in Harrisburg, Missouri · Harrisburg R-VIII School District · Grades 9–12
Harrisburg High School serves 185 students in grades 9–12 in Harrisburg (Boone County). It is one of 3 schools in Harrisburg R-VIII School District. By enrollment it is the 360th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 11.7 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 ÷ 15.85 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Harrisburg R-VIII School District |
| County | Boone County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 291371000599 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Harrisburg R-VIII | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 185 | 605 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 15.7% | 23.6% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 45% 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.
Harrisburg High School in context
Size
Harrisburg High School is the only high school in Harrisburg R-VIII School District. Its 185 students are 30.6% of the district's 605. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 13.3 miles away and have a median of 193 students, so Harrisburg High School is close to their typical size.
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 54 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 37, against an average of 46 per grade. This year grade 12 has 12% fewer students than grade 9 (44 against 50). 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 91.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Harrisburg R-VIII (90.1%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
15.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 23.6% across Harrisburg R-VIII and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 6.5% 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
Harrisburg High School has 15.85 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.7 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 185 students would have about 15.2 teachers, so Harrisburg 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 Higbee High School, 12.1 miles away in Higbee R-VIII School District. No other high school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 91.9% |
| Hispanic | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |
| Black | 0.5% |
52.4% of students are girls and 47.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 50 |
| Grade 10 | 37 |
| Grade 11 | 54 |
| Grade 12 | 44 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
801 S Harris, Harrisburg, MO 65256
Phone: (573)875-5602
Website: harrisburg.k12.mo.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Harrisburg High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higbee High School | Higbee R-VIII | 12.1 mi | 124 | 9.5 | 55.6% |
| Sturgeon High School | Sturgeon R-V | 12.2 mi | 128 | 9.2 | 32% |
| Fayette High School | Fayette R-III | 12.3 mi | 188 | 9.9 | 37.2% |
| Hallsville High School | Hallsville R-IV | 12.7 mi | 464 | 15.4 | 25.4% |
| David H. Hickman High School | Columbia 93 | 13.8 mi | 2,007 | 15.9 | 33% |
| Frederick Douglass High School | Columbia 93 | 14.2 mi | 185 | 9.2 | 100% |
| New Franklin Middle-High School | New Franklin R-I | 17.0 mi | 198 | 9.7 | 32.8% |
| Muriel Battle High School | Columbia 93 | 17.2 mi | 1,492 | 13.5 | 49.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Harrisburg R-VIII
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 291 |
| Harrisburg Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 129 |