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W. E. Sears Youth Ctr., Poplar Bluff, MO

W. E. Sears Youth Ctr. is a public high school in Poplar Bluff, part of Division of Youth Service. It enrolled 54 students in 2024-25, with 6.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "W. E. SEARS YOUTH CTR.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
54
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
6.0
Grades
5 to 12

This school's ratio is 0.7 lower than the district figure of 6.7. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school6.0
District6.7
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
9400 Sears Ln, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Phone
(573)840-9280
District
Division of Youth Service
County
Cole County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
290000901178
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
51
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
5194.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
25Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Division of Youth Service

High schools elsewhere in Poplar Bluff

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.