Joplin High School

2104 INDIANA AVE

School District

Joplin Schools
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 24, 2021

This school has horrible placement for classes. They emphasize their Technology center but do not apply admission to it evenly across the board. Students can be failing multiple subjects and still be admitted while others with consistent A & B grades can be completely denied. The school imposes a study tract of what THEY think your student should be. If they can get kids shunted to the local collages then it looks better for them. They are more beholden to the community investors than the actual kids. If you can get in, there are great teachers and programs to be a part of. But if you don't tic the right buttons - they won't do much to help you, or they'll make promises they won't keep. I loved the Joplin School District but the experiences my family has had with this high school has put the final nail in the coffin on my hope for public education in this area.
Submitted by parent on November 15, 2019

Excellent high school for kids who want to come to school and learn to be a productive responsible adult. Students even get multiple chances to do their work, retake tests and quizzes. Which is unlike the real adult world, but exactly like all the schools in the area.
Submitted by student on October 08, 2018

I would not recommend this school to anyone.
Submitted by other on September 13, 2017

Awful. School. Principle should be fired. Some teachers should be fired.
Submitted by student on December 07, 2016

unfair treatment of students, always out to get kids for minuscule behaviors especially males. terrible class placement putting accelerated individuals with irritating special needs cases. irrational disciplines and uncaring teachers, basically the best part about this school is the kids.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2013

The administration has maintained a status of "accredited with distinction" for the past ten years or so now. The new campus plan will bring the facilities up to the status of the education. All kids are using Apple laptops in the classroom and all books are virtualized. The children learning in Joplin High School will be well prepared for life in the real world.
Submitted by student on September 30, 2012

im currently at jhs and i cant explain in words how much i love it, they offer so much more then smaller schools do and theyre doing there best to keep it together but there is a huge ratio of students to teachers, almost every class is full and that is with the grades split in the 9-10 and the 11-12 but the teachers are amazing i couldnt ask for better ones!
Submitted by parent on November 07, 2010

I would not encourage parents to consider sending their children to Joplin High School. The student to teacher ratio is insane. They do have rules just as any other school district, but the lack of enforcing those rules has students doing pretty much as they please. I have seen girls in the school wearing "shorts" that more resemble underwear, and never got in any kind of trouble for it. The attire students are allowed to wear to school is completely unacceptable. That is not preparing our children for life. In no decient work setting would someone be allowed to wear such indecient colthing. Students do not have any sort of structure or dicipline. Another thing is that when your child goes in to highschool from jr. high they are only going to be familiar with about 1/4 of the incoming freshmen because the district is so big.
Submitted by parent on December 18, 2007

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