Raytown South Senior High School

Size

Raytown South Senior High School is the smallest of Raytown C-2 School District's 2 high schools; its 1,089 students are 14.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 5.3 miles away and have a median of 1,290 students, so Raytown South Senior 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 9 with 309 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 228, against an average of 272 per grade. This year grade 12 has 26% fewer students than grade 9 (228 against 309). 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

Black students are the largest group, at 59.1% of enrollment, a higher share than across Raytown C-2 (50%). White students are next, at 16.9%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

60.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 64.4% across Raytown C-2 and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 24.6% 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

Raytown South Senior High School has 62.77 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.3 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 1,089 students would have about 89.3 teachers, so Raytown South Senior High School has 26.5 fewer.

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 suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Raytown Senior High School, 2.8 miles away in the same district. There are 4 high schools within 5 miles and 27 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.