Licking High School
Public high school in Licking, Missouri · Licking R-VIII School District · Grades 7–12
Licking High School serves 397 students in grades 7–12 in Licking (Texas County). It is one of 2 schools in Licking R-VIII School District. By enrollment it is the 207th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 12.3 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 ÷ 32.34 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Licking R-VIII School District |
| County | Texas County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 291860001014 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Licking R-VIII | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 397 | 813 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 12.3 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 100% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 51% 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.
Licking High School in context
Size
Licking High School is the only high school in Licking R-VIII School District. Its 397 students are 48.8% of the district's 813. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 26.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 260; Licking 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 12 with 80 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 51, against an average of 66 per grade. This year grade 12 has 57% more students than grade 7 (80 against 51). 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: 93.5% here and 94.6% across Licking R-VIII. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across Licking R-VIII and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 24.7% 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
With 32.34 full-time-equivalent teachers for 397 students, Licking High School has 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 397 students would have about 32.5 teachers, so Licking 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
Licking 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 Houston High School, 12.8 miles away in Houston R-I 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 | 93.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |
| Hispanic | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1% |
| Black | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
48.4% of students are girls and 51.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 51 |
| Grade 8 | 55 |
| Grade 9 | 74 |
| Grade 10 | 77 |
| Grade 11 | 60 |
| Grade 12 | 80 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
135 College Avenue, Licking, MO 65542
Phone: (573)674-2711
Website: licking.k12.mo.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Licking High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston High School | Houston R-I | 12.8 mi | 359 | 11.6 | 100% |
| Salem Senior High School | Salem R-80 | 19.8 mi | 606 | 15.3 | 53.8% |
| Plato High School | Plato R-V | 20.1 mi | 305 | 13 | 48.9% |
| Summersville High School | Summersville R-II | 23.9 mi | 215 | 10.6 | 53% |
| Cabool High School | Cabool R-IV | 28.6 mi | 209 | 10.9 | 100% |
| Gentry Residential Treat. Fac. | Division of Youth Service | 28.9 mi | 22 | 7.3 | 86.4% |
| Waynesville Senior High School | Waynesville R-VI | 29.6 mi | 1,719 | 17.5 | 40.1% |
| Newburg High School | Newburg R-II | 29.8 mi | 152 | 10.2 | 56.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Licking R-VIII
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licking Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 416 |