Pilot Grove High School
Public high school in Pilot Grove, Missouri · Pilot Grove C-4 School District · Grades 7–12
Pilot Grove High School serves 128 students in grades 7–12 in Pilot Grove (Cooper County). It is one of 2 schools in Pilot Grove C-4 School District. By enrollment it is the 424th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 9.3 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 ÷ 13.79 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Pilot Grove C-4 School District |
| County | Cooper County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 292517001448 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Pilot Grove C-4 | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 128 | 200 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 9.3 | 7.2 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 21.9% | 30% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 22% 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.
Pilot Grove High School in context
Size
Pilot Grove High School is the only high school in Pilot Grove C-4 School District. Its 128 students are 64% of the district's 200. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 15 miles away with a median enrollment of 176; Pilot Grove 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 10 with 29 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 13, against an average of 21 per grade. This year grade 12 has 29% more students than grade 7 (22 against 17). 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: 96.9% here and 94.5% across Pilot Grove C-4.
21.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 30% across Pilot Grove C-4 and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 5.5% 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
With 13.79 full-time-equivalent teachers for 128 students, Pilot Grove High School has 9.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 128 students would have about 10.5 teachers, so Pilot Grove High School has 3.3 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Pilot Grove High School is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other high school is Bunceton High School, 8.6 miles away in Cooper County R-IV School District. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 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 | 96.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |
| Hispanic | 0.8% |
50.8% of students are girls and 49.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 17 |
| Grade 8 | 13 |
| Grade 9 | 24 |
| Grade 10 | 29 |
| Grade 11 | 23 |
| Grade 12 | 22 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
107 School St, Pilot Grove, MO 65276
Phone: (660)834-4415
Website: pilotgrove.k12.mo.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Pilot Grove High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunceton High School | Cooper County R-IV | 8.6 mi | 33 | 5.7 | 100% |
| Boonville High School | Boonville R-I | 8.7 mi | 527 | 15.1 | – |
| Otterville High School | Otterville R-VI | 12.9 mi | 102 | 8.6 | 32.4% |
| New Franklin Middle-High School | New Franklin R-I | 13.3 mi | 198 | 9.7 | 32.8% |
| Smithton High School | Smithton R-VI | 16.8 mi | 217 | 9.9 | 37.3% |
| Tipton High School | Tipton R-VI | 16.9 mi | 185 | 12.2 | 40.5% |
| Prairie Home High School | Prairie Home R-V | 17.3 mi | 90 | 9.3 | 44.4% |
| Northwest High School | Pettis County R-V | 20.9 mi | 167 | 13 | 45.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Pilot Grove C-4
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Grove Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 72 |