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Park Hill South 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
4500 Nw River Park Dr
Riverside, MO 64150
Phone
(816) 359-4120
District
PARK HILL
County
PLATTE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1835
Classroom Teachers
105

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

10

(10 is best)

Better than 96.5% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Park Hill South High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
71%
47%
72%
54%
69%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
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 9 480 26.2%
Grade 10 484 26.4%
Grade 11 450 24.5%
Grade 12 421 22.9%
Total 1835 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 73.0% 69.4% 72.9%
Black 11.8% 14.3% 16.0%
Hispanic 11.4% 11.4% 8.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 3.2% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 1.7% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.8% 22.7% 43.7%
Free lunch eligible 17.1% 19.2% 39.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 3.5% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 75,307 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,028.1 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.7% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 30,266 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.6% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.2% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 22.2% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.0% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.0% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,460 $81,851,120 38.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $992 $10,884,224 5.1%
Staff $496 $5,442,112 2.5%
General Administration $838 $9,194,536 4.3%
School Administration $813 $8,920,236 4.2%
Operation $1,532 $16,809,104 7.8%
Transportation $833 $9,139,676 4.3%
Other $436 $4,783,792 2.2%
Total Support $5,939 $65,162,708 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,146 $67,433,912 31.4%
Total Expenditures $19,545 $214,447,740 100.0%
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%