Public schools in Poplar Bluff, MO

Poplar Bluff has 12 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 5,006 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Poplar Bluff R-I School District runs 9 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Poplar Bluff's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Poplar BluffDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Poplar Bluff R-I School District95,204$11,411
Division of Youth Service2459not reported
Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled1704not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Poplar Bluff, 1,484 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Poplar Bluff High1,41616.346.3%Poplar Bluff R-I
W. E. Sears Youth Ctr.546.094.4%Division of Youth Service
Sierra-Osage Treatment Ctr.144.778.6%Division of Youth Service

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Poplar Bluff, 1,667 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Poplar Bluff Middle School93212.662.8%Poplar Bluff R-I
Poplar Bluff Jr. High73513.156.3%Poplar Bluff R-I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Poplar Bluff, 1,521 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
O'neal Elementary34412.2100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I
Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Ctr.33312.4100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I
Oak Grove Elementary31713.8100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I
Lake Road Elementary30012.4100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I
Eugene Field Elementary2279.1100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Poplar Bluff, 334 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Poplar Bluff Early Childhood C29517.3100.0%Poplar Bluff R-I
Shady Grove School394.984.6%Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Poplar Bluff's public schools compare with Missouri's

The median Poplar Bluff school has 12.4 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Missouri median of 12.5. 50% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 309 students (state 317).

Poplar Bluff against Missouri, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Poplar BluffMissouri
Median students per teacher12.412.5
Median school size (students)309317
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)50%48%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)50%22%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 12 Poplar Bluff schools and the 2,294 Missouri schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Poplar Bluff

  1. Poplar Bluff R-I School DistrictRuns 9 of Poplar Bluff's 12 public schools and spent $11,411 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,411
  2. Poplar Bluff High, the largest high school in Poplar Bluff1,416 students in 2024-25, 16.3 per teacher.1,416
  3. Compare Poplar Bluff R-I School District with Division of Youth ServicePoplar Bluff's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MissouriMissouri's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Poplar Bluff addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Missouri

  1. St Louis193 schools
  2. Kansas City151 schools
  3. Springfield60 schools
  4. Independence36 schools
  5. Columbia35 schools
  6. St Charles32 schools
  7. Lee's Summit30 schools
  8. Florissant29 schools

Questions about schools in Poplar Bluff

  1. How many public schools are in Poplar Bluff, MO?
    12 public schools with an address in Poplar Bluff were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 5,006 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Poplar Bluff?
    Poplar Bluff High, with 1,416 students in 2024-25 (Poplar Bluff R-I School District).
  3. Which districts run Poplar Bluff's schools?
    Poplar Bluff R-I School District (9 schools), Division of Youth Service (2 schools), Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .