High · Missouri
Van Buren High
Van Buren High, a public high school in Van Buren, Missouri: grades 7–12, 221 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Van Buren R-I.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 221
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.8
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 58% of high schools in Missouri
Median 12.1 · 561 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of high schools in Missouri
Median 264 · 561 schools compared
Smaller than 67% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Missouri: 42%31%proficient
−4.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of high schools in Missouri
Median 30% · 99 high schools compared
62 students tested, grades 7, 8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Missouri: 41%37%proficient
+32.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 60% of high schools in Missouri
Median 30% · 105 high schools compared
62 students tested, grades 7, 8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Van Buren R-I
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Van Buren R-I.
Location
- Address
- 202 W College, Van Buren, MO 63965
- Phone
- (573)323-4295
- City or town
- Van Buren
- County
- Carter County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 180 | 12.2 | |
| 6–12 | 223 | 10.4 | |
| 9–12 | 131 | 10.7 | |
Eminence HighFree meals for all | 7–12 | 120 | 8.6 |
| 9–12 | 230 | 13.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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