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Desoto Sr. 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
815 Amvets Dr
Desoto, MO 63020
Phone
(636) 586-1085
District
DESOTO 73
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
848
Classroom Teachers
52

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Missouri

9

(10 is best)

Better than 88.1% of all MO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Desoto Sr. High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
62%
45%
57%
53%
67%
37%
    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
16
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 9 254 30.0%
Grade 10 227 26.8%
Grade 11 186 21.9%
Grade 12 181 21.3%
Total 848 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.2% 96.3% 72.4%
Black 1.0% 1.2% 16.0%
Hispanic 2.6% 2.4% 8.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.1% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.7% 42.5% 47.6%
Free lunch eligible 25.5% 34.6% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.3% 7.9% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,140 6,177,957
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 156.9 89
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.6% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.9% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 18.2% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,323 2,458,324
Single Parent Households With Children 11.2% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.1% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 13.3% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.6% 14.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 16.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.7% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 23.4% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 6.0% 9.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,966 $15,171,000 55.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $551 $1,402,000 5.1%
Staff $526 $1,338,000 4.9%
General Administration $410 $1,042,000 3.8%
School Administration $585 $1,487,000 5.4%
Operation $1,110 $2,822,000 10.2%
Transportation $488 $1,242,000 4.5%
Other $3 $7,000 0.0%
Total Support $3,673 $9,340,000 33.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,195 $3,038,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $10,833 $27,549,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,684 $5,963,718,000 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $844 $752,668,000 6.1%
Staff $459 $409,290,000 3.3%
General Administration $708 $631,865,000 5.1%
School Administration $695 $620,447,000 5.0%
Operation $1,196 $1,066,703,000 8.6%
Transportation $529 $471,790,000 3.8%
Other $280 $249,480,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,710 $4,202,243,000 33.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,505 $2,235,181,000 18.0%
Total Expenditures $13,899 $12,401,142,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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