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Palmyra High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1703 S Main St
Palmyra, MO 63461
Phone
(573) 769-2067
District
PALMYRA R-I
County
MARION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
373
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.9% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Palmyra High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
38%
47%
59%
54%
17%
39%
38%
47%
59%
54%
17%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 105 28.2%
Grade 10 110 29.5%
Grade 11 81 21.7%
Grade 12 77 20.6%
Total 373 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.5% 96.2% 72.9%
Black 0.6% 1.4% 16.0%
Hispanic 1.4% 2.0% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.4% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.9% 30.7% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 16.4% 20.7% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.6% 10.1% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,570 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 33.5 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.2% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.3% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,568 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 11.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.9% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.9% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.4% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.8% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.6% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.8% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.3% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 8.8% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,662 $6,358,426 40.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $531 $596,313 3.8%
Staff $197 $221,231 1.4%
General Administration $568 $637,864 4.1%
School Administration $557 $625,511 4.0%
Operation $796 $893,908 5.7%
Transportation $411 $461,553 2.9%
Other $93 $104,439 0.7%
Total Support $3,151 $3,538,573 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,150 $5,783,450 36.9%
Total Expenditures $13,963 $15,680,449 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,795,155,054 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $714,661,677 5.9%
Staff $451 $401,478,432 3.3%
General Administration $659 $586,244,964 4.8%
School Administration $683 $607,519,509 5.0%
Operation $1,159 $1,031,529,375 8.4%
Transportation $563 $501,220,569 4.1%
Other $256 $227,837,374 1.9%
Total Support $4,573 $4,070,502,909 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,631 $2,341,852,253 19.2%
Total Expenditures $13,715 $12,207,556,350 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%