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Smith-Cotton High School

A public regular school in Sedalia, Missouri, in Sedalia 200. NCES’s record for 2024–25.

The school in 2024–25

1,551
Students enrolled
91.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
92559.6% of students
Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligibility, as the state reported it. It is not a count of family income.
377
Directly certified for free meals

How this compares

Students enrolled: 1,551 in 2024–25
Larger than 96% of the 95,462 public schools in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. Larger than 98% of the 2,308 schools in Missouri that report one.
Pupils per teacher: 16.9 in 2024–25
More than 71% of the 91,868 schools reporting both pupils and teachers. Pupils per full-time-equivalent teacher, the school’s own two counts.

The school’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
SMITH-COTTON HIGH SCHOOL
Status
Open
Type
Regular School
Charter
No
Grades
Grade 9 to Grade 12
Level
High
Locale
Town, remote
County
Pettis County
School lunch program
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO
Virtual instruction
No virtual instruction
NCES school ID
292783001709

Sources

  • Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026

    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.

Data retrieved