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FULTON TREATMENT CTR. → CREMER THERAPEUTIC COMM CENTER → FULTON RECEPTION AND DIAG CTR → JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. → CHAMOIS HIGH → ALGOA CORRECTIONAL CENTER → H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL → COLUMBIA AREA CAREER CTR. →For Parents
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👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Missouri-Columbia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +7.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 19 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FULTON TREATMENT CTR. FULTON |
Public | 1.1 | 27 | — |
| CREMER THERAPEUTIC COMM CENTER FULTON |
Public | 0.3 | — | — |
| FULTON RECEPTION AND DIAG CTR FULTON |
Public | 1.0 | — | — |
| JUVENILE JUSTICE CTR. COLUMBIA |
Public | 22.8 | 22 | — |
| CHAMOIS HIGH CHAMOIS |
Public | 15.3 | 44 | — |
| ALGOA CORRECTIONAL CENTER Jefferson City |
Public | 21.3 | — | — |
| H KENNETH KIRCHNER SCHOOL JEFFERSON CITY |
Public | 22.4 | 8 | — |
| COLUMBIA AREA CAREER CTR. COLUMBIA |
Public | 21.7 | — | — |