Verelle Peniston School
CHILLICOTHE · MO · MO SCHLS FOR THE SEV DISABLED · Public · K-12 combined
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GRAND RIVER TECHNICAL SCH. → BOSWORTH HIGH → BRECKENRIDGE HIGH → PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL → LINN CO AREA CAREER TECH CTR → NORTH DAVIESS HIGH → CARROLLTON AREA CAREER CENTER → WESTERN MO CORRECTIONAL CENTER →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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAND RIVER TECHNICAL SCH. CHILLICOTHE |
Public | 0.6 | — | — |
| BOSWORTH HIGH BOSWORTH |
Public | 25.5 | 8 | — |
| BRECKENRIDGE HIGH BRECKENRIDGE |
Public | 13.1 | 17 | — |
| PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOL MARSHALL |
Public | 49.1 | 5 | — |
| LINN CO AREA CAREER TECH CTR BROOKFIELD |
Public | 24.5 | — | — |
| NORTH DAVIESS HIGH JAMESON |
Public | 26.7 | 17 | — |
| CARROLLTON AREA CAREER CENTER CARROLLTON |
Public | 29.4 | — | — |
| WESTERN MO CORRECTIONAL CENTER CAMERON |
Public | 35.4 | — | — |