W. E. Sears Youth Ctr.
Poplar Bluff · MO · DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · Public · K-12 combined
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POPLAR BLUFF TECH. CAREER CTR. → MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH → SHADY GROVE SCHOOL → SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. → ZALMA HIGH → Naylor High School → LESTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL → MARQUAND-ZION HIGH →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 4-yr grad rate: 49% in 2019 (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How W. E. Sears Youth Ctr. compares for families
What families should know about W. E. Sears Youth 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 TECH. CAREER CTR., MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH, SHADY GROVE SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
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 +8.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POPLAR BLUFF TECH. CAREER CTR. POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 5.7 | — | — |
| MINGO PUXICO TECHNICAL HIGH PUXICO |
Public | 20.6 | 37 | — |
| SHADY GROVE SCHOOL POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 7.5 | 18 | — |
| SIERRA-OSAGE TREATMENT CTR. POPLAR BLUFF |
Public | 0.2 | 12 | — |
| ZALMA HIGH ZALMA |
Public | 30.4 | 45 | — |
| Naylor High School Naylor |
Public | 20.6 | 96 | -11.9% |
| LESTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LESTERVILLE |
Public | 45.0 | 51 | -32.0% |
| MARQUAND-ZION HIGH MARQUAND |
Public | 43.7 | 39 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantW. E. Sears Youth Ctr. is a public high school in Poplar Bluff, MO, enrolling 54 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 49% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 54 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is W. E. Sears Youth Ctr.'s graduation rate? W. E. Sears Youth Ctr.'s federal four-year graduation rate was about 49% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend W. E. Sears Youth Ctr.? W. E. Sears Youth Ctr. is a public high school in Poplar Bluff, MO, enrolling 54 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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