Poplar Bluff Tech. Career Ctr.

POPLAR BLUFF · MO · POPLAR BLUFF R-I · Public


📋 At a glance

Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Poplar Bluff Tech. Career Ctr. compares for families

What families should know about Poplar Bluff Tech. Career Ctr..

  • LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: POPLAR BLUFF HIGH, SHADY GROVE SCHOOL, SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
7.7%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
7.7%
Around the national average. Worth watching.

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.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Missouri-Columbia

77%
admit rate
$14,837
in-state tuition/yr · $36,056 out-of-state
1150–1330
SAT 25–75 · ACT 23–29

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
POPLAR BLUFF HIGH
POPLAR BLUFF
Public 0.1 1,416 -6.7%
SHADY GROVE SCHOOL
POPLAR BLUFF
Public 1.9 18
SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR.
POPLAR BLUFF
Public 5.6 12
W. E. SEARS YOUTH CTR.
POPLAR BLUFF
Public 5.7 46
TWIN RIVERS HIGH
BROSELEY
Public 14.0 250 +1.6%
NEELYVILLE HIGH
NEELYVILLE
Public 16.3 185 +8.2%
Naylor High School
Naylor
Public 17.5 96 -11.9%
EAST CARTER CO. R-II HIGH
ELLSINORE
Public 18.9 180 -0.6%

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