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Platte County 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
1501 Branch St
Platte City, MO 64079
Phone
(816) 858-2822
District
PLATTE CO. R-III
County
PLATTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1319
Classroom Teachers
79

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

6

(10 is best)

Better than 59.8% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Platte County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
49%
47%
64%
54%
33%
39%
49%
47%
64%
54%
33%
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
17
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 333 25.2%
Grade 10 340 25.8%
Grade 11 338 25.6%
Grade 12 308 23.4%
Total 1319 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.5% 78.5% 72.9%
Black 7.4% 9.9% 16.0%
Hispanic 8.2% 8.5% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 2.2% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 1.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.3% 21.4% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 16.4% 18.4% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.0% 3.0% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 24,954 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 254.9 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.4% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 14.3% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,413 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 41.7% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.9% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.3% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.7% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.3% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 4.7% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,847 $25,364,286 50.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $692 $3,001,896 6.0%
Staff $482 $2,090,916 4.2%
General Administration $657 $2,850,066 5.7%
School Administration $583 $2,529,054 5.1%
Operation $1,046 $4,537,548 9.1%
Transportation $528 $2,290,464 4.6%
Other $65 $281,970 0.6%
Total Support $4,053 $17,581,914 35.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,619 $7,023,222 14.1%
Total Expenditures $11,519 $49,969,422 100.0%
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%

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