Raytown Senior High

Summary:

Raytown Senior High is a public high school located in Raytown, Missouri, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,365 students. The school is part of the Raytown C-2 School District, which is ranked 336 out of 386 districts in Missouri and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Raytown Senior High consistently ranks in the bottom half of Missouri high schools, with a ranking between 230-370 out of 361-521 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments (MAP tests) is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas, including Algebra I, Biology I, Algebra II, English II, and Government. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 10.1% of Raytown Senior High students were proficient or better in Algebra I, compared to 15% for the Raytown C-2 district and 41.5% for the state of Missouri. Raytown Senior High also has a lower 4-year graduation rate and higher dropout rate than the state average, as well as high rates of chronic absenteeism.

Raytown Senior High's performance is generally lower than the nearby Raytown South Senior High, which is also part of the Raytown C-2 district, as well as other nearby schools like Ewing Marion Kauffman High, Central High School, and Van Horn High. For example, Ewing Marion Kauffman High, a public charter school, outperforms Raytown Senior High on state assessments, with 39.6% of its students proficient or better in Algebra I compared to 10.1% at Raytown Senior High. Addressing the challenges faced by Raytown Senior High will likely require a comprehensive approach that addresses both academic and non-academic factors impacting student success.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 6019 Blue Ridge Blvd
       Raytown, MO  64133-3934


(816) 268-7300

District: Raytown C-2

SchoolDigger Rank:
315th of 378 Missouri High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,734 Help


Feeder schools for Raytown Senior High:

Elementary:    Eastwood Hills Elementary
    Fleetridge Elementary
    Laurel Hills Elementary
    Little Blue Elementary
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Middle:    Raytown Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  1,342

Racial breakdown:

African American:
53.7%
White:
18.5%
Hispanic:
17.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61% Help


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Compare Details Raytown Senior High ranks worse than 83.3% of high schools in Missouri. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.71. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Raytown Senior High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Raytown Senior High has the largest high school student body size in the Raytown C-2 School District. Student population at Raytown Senior High is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (53.7%), White (18.5%), Hispanic (17.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Raytown Senior High is 16.5. 1 high schools in the Raytown C-2 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Raytown Senior High is $13,734. 1 high schools in the Raytown C-2 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Raytown Senior High:

SchoolDigger ranks Raytown Senior High 315th of 378 Missouri public high schools. (See Raytown Senior High in the ranking list.)

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Raytown C-2:

SchoolDigger ranks Raytown C-2 336th of 386 Missouri school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Raytown Senior High

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Rank History for all students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 47.35 315th 534 41.0%
2007 63.60 151st 538 71.9%
2008 53.38 261st 539 51.6%
2009 29.98 400th 507 21.1%
2010 34.21 391st 516 24.2%
2011 29.41 432nd 528 18.2%
2012 41.29 352nd 522 32.6%
2013 41.14 340th 523 35.0%
2014 28.61 438th 521 15.9%
2015 38.42 348th 504 31.0%
2016 29.21 317th 401 20.9%
2017 49.98 211th 404 47.8%
2018 27.41 370th 468 20.9%
2019 37.15 294th 460 36.1%
2021 11.88 322nd 358 10.1%
2022 32.95 230th 361 36.3%
2023 15.59 302nd 352 14.2%
2024 18.71 315th 378 16.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.16 31st 52 40.4%
2019 39.65 35th 59 40.7%
2021 26.74 19th 23 17.4%
2022 18.03 26th 28 7.1%
2023 11.93 34th 34 0.0%
2024 32.06 25th 39 35.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 40.86 17th 33 48.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 16.73 121st 127 4.7%
2024 31.33 105th 135 22.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.97 299th 382 21.7%
2019 36.54 241st 368 34.5%
2021 17.07 235th 255 7.8%
2022 43.41 135th 250 46.0%
2023 19.22 236th 268 11.9%
2024 22.47 234th 274 14.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 17.58 114th 129 11.6%
2022 21.72 99th 111 10.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.74 59th 96 38.5%
2024 0.22 47th 47 0.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.89 65th 111 41.4%
2019 48.25 52nd 106 50.9%
2021 37.95 57th 96 40.6%
2022 38.64 70th 105 33.3%
2023 30.13 77th 99 22.2%
2024 38.01 67th 105 36.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.46 74th 84 11.9%
2019 48.15 41st 91 54.9%
2021 14.73 37th 40 7.5%
2023 36.61 39th 64 39.1%
2024 26.31 56th 70 20.0%
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Rank History for White students at Raytown Senior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.48 158th 440 64.1%
2019 52.39 151st 430 64.9%
2022 61.73 68th 310 78.1%
2023 28.88 212th 302 29.8%
2024 32.86 203rd 321 36.8%
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Data source: test scores: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Open Quote I love the positive and supportive teachers and administrators at RHS. This site is insane to have them at one star. If they are a 1 star, I'd consider myself beyond blessed to send my children to a two star. Close Quote


by a parent
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Open Quote I went to this school for two years, and after moving to Ruskin, I wish I could go back. This school is as diverse as they come. There's no one ethic group that hangs out in one club. Everyone is different with all sorts of activities to do. I went to Book Club Cafe, and don't worry, you don't have to read a single book. You just hang out with the librarian with a few other students, discussing a whole range of topics.

The school is every active. There's always a club, sport, or group hanging out after school. There are some strict teachers, but there's always some awesome ones. I miss them all, I had some of these teachers for two years, or just my freshman year, and when I visited the beginning of my 11, after I moved, they were sad to hear that. Teachers cared.

The only problem I know of is that trouble makers get away with a lot. I had one friend who practically walked out of school so many times, yet she spends most of her school day hanging out in the halls.

The level of education is well. They teach you more than other schools in that area. They do not cater to small stuff, but allow you to grow. I've learned a lot from this school and I regret leaving. Close Quote


by a student on FaceBook
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Open Quote In the 60's and 70's I'm sure it was a great school but honestly now it has gone to hell. The school is more worried about "diversity" than actually producing productive members of society. The school has teachers who baby-sit the students who act up and then send them to the principal just so they can get a slap on the wrist and go back to class again the next day or they are sent to ISS (In school suspension a small room which resembles a time out area)where students sleep on their desks and fill out coloring book pages. If the school wanted to be better they would just expel the "trouble-makers" and stop pretending that they're going to get anywhere in life and come to the realization that not everyone deserves a second chance. I wonder what ever happened to juvenile detention centers?
The teachers don't really teach, rather they try to be the students friends and talk about their daily lives with them. For those of you who don't want your child attending a school with 70% trouble making kids who have no future what so ever, don't plan on sending them to Raytown High. Close Quote


by a student
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Open Quote "This school is an excellent school for education. I learned alot because of this school and I would recommend this school to any parent who wants to find a good high school for there son and/or daughter. This school is very diversed. The students here do not care on what kind of car you drive, or your financial situation, they just want to be friends.Raytown High offers an excellent A+ program, which allows students to tutor kids, and get a college scholarship at the same time.Now this school may not be the best in the country, but its a pretty darn good school." Close Quote



Enrollment information for Raytown Senior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1218 1218
1992 1042 161 13 17 2 n/a n/a 0 1235
1993 1077 153 12 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1258
1994 1046 164 11 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1238
1995 1060 204 13 16 6 n/a n/a 0 1299
1996 1060 204 13 16 6 n/a n/a 0 1299
1997 1018 237 11 21 9 n/a n/a 0 1296
1998 1047 254 10 37 10 n/a n/a 0 1358
1999 960 287 15 37 11 n/a n/a 0 1310
2000 924 327 19 44 9 n/a n/a 0 1323
2001 926 330 21 47 8 n/a n/a 0 1332
2002 941 386 12 51 6 n/a n/a 0 1396
2003 941 386 12 51 6 n/a n/a 0 1396
2004 914 451 9 65 4 n/a n/a 0 1443
2005 892 469 17 68 4 n/a n/a 0 1450
2006 886 517 24 68 8 n/a n/a 0 1503
2007 822 556 34 77 10 n/a n/a 0 1499
2008 775 578 30 90 10 n/a n/a 0 1483
2009 694 625 28 99 6 n/a n/a 0 1452
2010 653 666 25 106 5 n/a n/a 0 1455
2011 592 639 21 112 2 1 39 0 1406
2012 574 608 21 133 3 2 41 0 1382
2013 560 672 20 146 3 0 46 0 1447
2014 573 710 28 144 3 1 20 0 1479
2015 539 760 23 175 2 4 51 0 1554
2016 544 761 20 202 3 4 74 0 1608
2017 519 723 15 191 5 10 77 0 1540
2018 495 710 10 178 10 10 81 0 1494
2019 461 667 17 191 7 9 89 0 1441
2020 415 699 11 206 6 9 98 0 1444
2021 369 754 14 205 10 8 97 0 1457
2022 328 783 14 212 7 5 94 0 1443
2023 282 719 12 218 7 9 118 0 1365
2024 248 720 13 240 6 5 110 0 1342

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Raytown Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 1218 73.6 16.5 n/a
1992 1235 70.3 17.5 4.9
1993 1258 73.6 17.1 5.4
1994 1238 65.1 19.0 7.9
1995 1299 63.3 20.5 8.1
1996 1299 63.3 20.5 8.1
1997 1296 66.8 19.4 10
1998 1358 68.7 19.8 8
1999 1310 68.1 19.2 14
2000 1323 68.3 19.4 18.4
2001 1332 68.4 19.5 15
2002 1396 75.1 18.6 20.2
2003 1396 75.1 18.6 20.2
2004 1443 74.3 19.4 27.2
2005 1450 81.2 17.9 25.4
2006 1503 81.6 18.4 28.1
2007 1499 80.6 18.6 28.8
2008 1483 85.3 17.4 32.2
2009 1452 77.3 18.8 37.3
2010 1455 77.7 18.7 43.3
2011 1406 80.1 17.5 43.5
2012 1382 80.2 17.2 50.5
2013 1447 82.1 17.6 53.4
2014 1479 83.8 17.6 45.2
2015 1554 87.0 17.8 60.6
2016 1608 91.0 17.6 51.6
2017 1540 90.9 16.9 59.9
2018 1494 88.6 16.8 58.4
2019 1441 87.7 16.4 49.1
2020 1444 84.2 17.1 50.7
2021 1457 82.4 17.6 62
2022 1443 83.6 17.2 44.5
2023 1365 85.7 15.9 65.3
2024 1342 81.0 16.5 61

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Raytown Senior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 1218 73.6 16.5 n/a
1992 1235 70.3 17.5 4.9
1993 1258 73.6 17.1 5.4
1994 1238 65.1 19.0 7.9
1995 1299 63.3 20.5 8.1
1996 1299 63.3 20.5 8.1
1997 1296 66.8 19.4 10
1998 1358 68.7 19.8 8
1999 1310 68.1 19.2 14
2000 1323 68.3 19.4 18.4
2001 1332 68.4 19.5 15
2002 1396 75.1 18.6 20.2
2003 1396 75.1 18.6 20.2
2004 1443 74.3 19.4 27.2
2005 1450 81.2 17.9 25.4
2006 1503 81.6 18.4 28.1
2007 1499 80.6 18.6 28.8
2008 1483 85.3 17.4 32.2
2009 1452 77.3 18.8 37.3
2010 1455 77.7 18.7 43.3
2011 1406 80.1 17.5 43.5
2012 1382 80.2 17.2 50.5
2013 1447 82.1 17.6 53.4
2014 1479 83.8 17.6 45.2
2015 1554 87.0 17.8 60.6
2016 1608 91.0 17.6 51.6
2017 1540 90.9 16.9 59.9
2018 1494 88.6 16.8 58.4
2019 1441 87.7 16.4 49.1
2020 1444 84.2 17.1 50.7
2021 1457 82.4 17.6 62
2022 1443 83.6 17.2 44.5
2023 1365 85.7 15.9 65.3
2024 1342 81.0 16.5 61

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Raytown Senior High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $291 (2.4%) $11,666 (97.6%) $11,957
2020 $757 (6.4%) $11,040 (93.6%) $11,797
2021 $2,427 (20.7%) $9,304 (79.3%) $11,731
2022 $2,749 (20.0%) $10,985 (80.0%) $13,734

Data source: Missouri Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Raytown Senior High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 294th of 460 High schoolsRanks 302nd of 352 High schools
 21.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Raytown Senior High)21.712
 9.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Raytown C-2)31.816.3
 15.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Missouri)45.341.5
 3.8%
End of Course Biology I (Raytown Senior High)30.417.9
 12.5%
   End of Course Biology I (Raytown C-2)25.617.3
 8.3%
   End of Course Biology I (Missouri)39.238.5
 0.7%
End of Course English II (Raytown Senior High)59.931.4
 28.5%
   End of Course English II (Raytown C-2)52.532.4
 20.1%
   End of Course English II (Missouri)5954.4
 4.6%
End of Course Algebra II (Raytown Senior High)33.414.5
 18.9%
   End of Course Algebra II (Raytown C-2)33.717.2
 16.5%
   End of Course Algebra II (Missouri)5051.6
 1.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students14411365
 5.3%
African American667719
 7.8%
American Indian77
Asian1712
 29.4%
Hispanic191218
 14.1%
Pacific Islander99
White461282
 38.8%
Two or More Races89118
 32.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49.1%65.3%
 16.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Raytown Senior High

Raytown Senior High ranks in the bottom 16.7% of Missouri high schools.

Raytown Senior High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Eastwood Hills Elementary
Elementary : Fleetridge Elementary
Elementary : Laurel Hills Elementary
Elementary : Little Blue Elementary
Elementary : Norfleet Elementary
Middle : Raytown Middle

Students at Raytown Senior High are 54% African American, 18% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,342 students attended Raytown Senior High.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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