Original Research by School Decision on Holliday C-2 School District
Holliday C-2 School District serves kindergarten through eighth grade as a regular public school in the village of Holliday, Missouri. Because it stops at grade eight, there is no high school graduation rate to report and no AP, dual-credit, or career pathway data for the simple reason that the school does not offer those grade levels. Any family considering this school will need to plan for high school elsewhere, likely in one of the nearby towns such as Paris, the Monroe County seat.
The school is very small, with enrollment distributed across all nine elementary and middle school grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a very small share of Asian students and an even smaller share of students identifying as two or more races. About three in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate share for a rural Missouri school.
State testing data for the 2024-25 school year was suppressed across every subject and grade level. This is not unusual for a school with such a small enrollment. When a tested grade has only a handful of students, Missouri withholds proficiency results to protect student privacy. That means there is no publicly available picture of how students here perform on the MAP assessments in math, English language arts, or science. A parent may want to ask the school directly for any classroom-level information about student progress, since the state report provides none.
Holliday itself is a very small, rural village with a population that has seen a slight decline in recent years. It covers a tiny area and has no commercial street life or walkable downtown. The local economy is rooted in agriculture and timber. The main civic building is the village hall; there are no parks, libraries, or transit systems within the village. Daily life requires a car, and most services and amenities would be found in Paris, about a short drive east on US 24.
The district sits within Monroe County, and when compared to the other districts in that county, the available metrics are all marked as not applicable. Proficiency data is missing, and because the school does not serve high school grades, both graduation rate and chronic absenteeism measures are also absent from the comparison. The district itself shows no recent parent-relevant changes from publicly reported information.
What this school offers is a straightforward K-8 education in a very small, rural setting where every student would know every other student and class sizes are necessarily tiny. The trade-off is that there is no publicly reported academic performance data, no high school on site, and no indication of specialized programs or course access beyond the core subjects. For a family that values a close-knit, small-scale environment and is prepared to arrange high school options independently, Holliday C-2 may fit. For anyone who wants to see test results or needs a high school attached, it likely will not.
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