Prairie Home High School
Public high school in Prairie Home, Missouri · Prairie Home R-V School District · Grades 6–12
Prairie Home High School serves 90 students in grades 6–12 in Prairie Home (Cooper County). It is one of 2 schools in Prairie Home R-V School District. By enrollment it is the 473rd 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 ÷ 9.64 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Prairie Home R-V 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 | 292553001500 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Prairie Home R-V | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 90 | 153 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 9.3 | 8.8 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 44.4% | 47.7% | 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.
Prairie Home High School in context
Size
Prairie Home High School is the only high school in Prairie Home R-V School District. Its 90 students are 58.8% of the district's 153. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 13.9 miles away and have a median of 192 students, so Prairie Home 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 8, against an average of 13 per grade. This year grade 12 has 38% fewer students than grade 6 (8 against 13). 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 93.3% of enrollment, about the same share as across Prairie Home R-V (94.1%).
44.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 47.7% across Prairie Home R-V and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 12.2% 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
Prairie Home High School has 9.64 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 90 students would have about 7.4 teachers, so Prairie Home High School has 2.2 more.
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 Jamestown C-I High School, 7.3 miles away in Jamestown C-1 School District. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 93.3% |
| Hispanic | 5.6% |
| Black | 1.1% |
53.3% of students are girls and 46.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 13 |
| Grade 7 | 12 |
| Grade 8 | 13 |
| Grade 9 | 8 |
| Grade 10 | 14 |
| Grade 11 | 22 |
| Grade 12 | 8 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
301 Hwy Drive, Prairie Home, MO 65068
Phone: (660)841-5296
Website: prairiehome.k12.mo.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Prairie Home High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown C-I High School | Jamestown C-1 | 7.3 mi | 112 | 10.2 | 17% |
| Bunceton High School | Cooper County R-IV | 10.8 mi | 33 | 5.7 | 100% |
| California High School | Moniteau County R-I | 12.5 mi | 439 | 14.1 | 32.3% |
| Boonville High School | Boonville R-I | 12.8 mi | 527 | 15.1 | – |
| Tipton High School | Tipton R-VI | 15.0 mi | 185 | 12.2 | 40.5% |
| Rock Bridge Senior High School | Columbia 93 | 15.1 mi | 1,997 | 18.3 | 17.9% |
| New Franklin Middle-High School | New Franklin R-I | 16.1 mi | 198 | 9.7 | 32.8% |
| Frederick Douglass High School | Columbia 93 | 17.0 mi | 185 | 9.2 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Prairie Home R-V
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Home Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 63 |