The reported proficiency rate for Math is 81%.
Original Research by School Decision on Northeast High
Northeast High serves grades six through twelve in the small village of Cairo, Missouri, within the Northeast Randolph County R-IV district. The school enrolls a student body that is overwhelmingly white, with a very small mix of multiracial and Hispanic students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that positions the school's poverty rate well below many rural Missouri schools.
The academic picture comes with notable strengths and significant gaps in available data. In math, the available state test results show strong performance. Sixth graders posted a high proficiency rate, and seventh graders performed at an even higher level. Eighth-grade math results were suppressed, meaning the data was not reported, and no tested-count figure was sufficient to draw a conclusion. For English language arts and science, results across all tested grades were suppressed entirely. The school's comparison to other districts within Randolph County, based on the data that was reportable, places it in the top quartile for overall proficiency. That is a strong position relative to its county peers. But the heavy suppression of results means that a parent cannot see a full subject-by-subject picture of academic achievement. This is not unusual for a school with small grade-level cohorts, because state data-suppression rules kick in when the tested group is small. A parent may want to ask the school directly for its internal assessment data and any local benchmark results.
The school runs from middle school through high school under one roof, which can create a stable environment where students stay in a familiar building for seven years. Because the school includes high school grades, a graduation rate would normally be expected, but that metric was not available in the data provided. That absence may reflect a suppression or a reporting gap; a parent might want to check with the district office for the most recent four-year graduation rate.
Cairo itself is a very small, primarily residential village where the vast majority of homes are owner-occupied. Most residents drive elsewhere to work, with commuting a standard part of daily life. The local economy is tiny, centered on transportation, manufacturing, and health care. The village has seen population decline over the past decade, and median property values have edged downward. This is not a growth area; it is a stable but shrinking rural community. The district's school board and administration have no major recent changes on record; no bond measures, boundary shifts, or program overhauls have been publicly reported.
For a family considering this school, the appeal is a small, tight-knit secondary school where the student body is homogeneous and class sizes are small. The math results suggest solid instruction in that subject, at least for the middle grades. The trade-off is that much of the academic data a parent might want to compare across subjects and grade levels simply is not publicly available, which makes it harder to gauge the full instructional picture before enrolling. A visit and a conversation with the principal would likely fill in those blanks faster than any data source can.
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