Smith-Cotton High School

2010 Tiger Pride Blvd, Sedalia, MO 65301 | (660) 851-5300

Grades: 10-12
Student Enrollment: 945

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2 out of 5 | 50 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 945 high school students from grades 10-12
Ranks 371st out of 513 high schools in MO.
2010 Overall School AYP Met Status: Not Met

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 2010 Tiger Pride Boulevard, Sedalia, MO 65301

Principal or Admin: Martin White
Fax: (660) 851-5393
Website: www.sedalia200.com

School District Details

Sedalia 200 School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $6,964
Graduation Rate: 96.0%
Dropout Rate: 2.4%
Students Per Teacher: 14.1
Enrolled Students: 4,608

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 945
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 62.5
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 15.1

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 446 (47.2%)
Females: 499 (52.8%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 68 (7.2%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 366 (38.7%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 434 (45.9%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Smith-Cotton High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	3	0.3%
Black	46	4.9%
Asian	6	0.6%
Hispanic	72	7.6%
White	818	86.6%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
10th Grade	340	36.0%
11th Grade	282	29.8%
12th Grade	323	34.2%

Classroom Environment (2010)

Students Per Classroom

School:

20.0

District:

19.0

Post-Graduate Profiles (2010)

Percent Entering a 2-Year College: 44.7%

Percent Entering a 4-Year College: 20.1%

Percent Entering a Non-College Post-Secondary Institution: 1.0%

Percent Entering the Work Force: 28.5%

Percent Entering the Military: 3.9%

Graduation and Dropout Rates (2010)

Graduation Rate

School:

92.1%

District:

92.1%

Dropout Rate

School:

1.4%

District:

1.0%

Faculty Information (2010)

Principal Years of Experience: 27.0

Teacher Average Years of Experience: 11.8

Faculty Salary (2010)

Average Salary of Administration: $83,661

Average Salary of Teachers: $41,155

Teacher Credentials (2009)

Percent of Teachers with Regular Certificates

School:

94.3%

District:

96.6%

Percent of Teachers with Special Certificates

School:

4.5%

District:

3.4%

Percent of Teachers with No Certificate: 1.1%

Source: MO Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 2

2 out of 5 | 50 Reviews

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50 reviews for Smith-Cotton High School

Reviewed by Former Student on October 28, 2009
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Apparently my former high school has gotten ridiculous. I now understand why I graduated without a proper foundation in the sciences- they banned an evolution tee shirt!

Reviewed by Community Member on September 07, 2009
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The schools decision regarding the tshirt was embarrassing.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 02, 2009
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Teachers and administrators need to take a science class themselves! Evolution is not religion, and it is not taking a stance on religion to 'support' evolution. This would be funny if it was an Onion article, but unfortunately it's both sad and true.

I would remove my student from this school immediately if he or she was attending during this debacle. Shame on you.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 02, 2009
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Sciece is not religion and any educated person should know that. What does this say about the qualifications of the school administration?

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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I will pay $25.00 cash for one of these used "Brass Evolution" T-shirts (any size) just to support the Smith-Cotton Music Department and its dedicated music educators and their students who put in so many extra hours to better understand the wonderful world of music and the arts. I suggest that we all call Mr. Pollitt to purchase one or more of these "objectionable" T-shirts. This would be a great way to cover the band's loss of needed funds (and morale of the band and chorale students) and build the funds of the music department after such an ignorant act by "educational professionals" who don't know the difference between science and religion.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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Such a sad day it is. This school just showed the level of education it provides when it thinks evolution is reliogion. I think it should be known that it just left all it's students behind.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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Not one comment so far in support of Mr. Pollitt or the school's decision? Usually some zealots attempt to defend the indefensible, but even they are staying away from this one.

Oh, look, a phone number at the top of the page! "May I speak to Mr. Pollitt, please...?"

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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Seriously, you banned the band evolution shirt because you didn't want to favor one religion over another? Guess what - evolution is science! You just banned science from a school. FAIL.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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This school has become a laughing stock to the rest of the educated world. I feel sorry for any child receiving an education here.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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The following is fromhttp://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA610.html

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Evolution as religion has been rejected by the courts:

Assuming for the purposes of argument, however, that evolution is a religion or religious tenet, the remedy is to stop the teaching of evolution, not establish another religion in opposition to it. Yet it is clearly established in the case law, and perhaps also in common sense, that evolution is not a religion and that teaching evolution does not violate the Establishment Clause.

The court cases Epperson v. Arkansas, Willoughby v. Stever, and Wright v. Houston Indep. School Dist. are cited as precedent (McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education 1982).

Go educate yourselves.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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Why not endorse the tooth fairy or Santa if you're going to force ignorance on the children at the school?

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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Best school for parents who wants their kids to be dumb and ignorant and live in a (religious) bubble all their lives.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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This school "does not want evolution associated" with it. Obviously this school also does not wan truth and education to be associated with it. I would steer clear of this ignorant backwater at all costs.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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If a religion doesn't accept evolution that's fine, but they are equivalent to those who think God hides the sun from us at night and storks are where babies come from.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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The recent banning of T-Shirts that depicted an evolution of man holding a trumpet is good design for their motif, "The Evolution of Brass", not a religious statement. And when one of the teachers was quoted as saying, "I don't think evolution should be associated with our school." I'm confident this school is of the poorest quality in the nation. Banning shirts because they portray evolution... shame on them.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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There is no god, get over it.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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Honestly if you are thinking of sending your kids here choose another school district. I sent my kids here and now they are all dead.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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Evolution = Religious views??? Evolution is part of SCIENCE you fool, not religion! Science is what you teach!

And people wonder why other countries are surpassing the US in scientific knowledge. Simple. Stupid people like the superintendant.

Way to go Pollitt, you ignorant neanderthal. You've made this school the laughing stock of the country.

We'll be expecting the announcement of your resignation very soon.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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School recently banned a t-shirt with a logo depicting evolution. I can't recommend a school that engages in this kind of censorship.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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Crazy religious fundamentalists. Quite evidently, they have no idea what evolution is or what a scientific theory is. I genuinely feel sorry for any child that has to attend this school.

Reviewed by Community Member on September 01, 2009
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how does a school condone the hatred of knowledge?

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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I suppose next they'll be banning discussion of gravity because it's "just a theory!"

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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This school is a threat to free speach and civil rights. An embarassment to the education system.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on September 01, 2009
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Religion deals with nearly *every* aspect of human life and the world.

To not interfere with religion, even physics and math would have to be silenced.

To keep going against Evolution is totally arbitrary.

Also: Religion is an evil that must end. The sooner the better.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Disregarding accepted scientific theory as an educational facility is atrocious. Next are you going to ban gravity?

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Banning a t-shirt because of "religious controversy?" Evolution is neither religious or a controversy. It is a well respected scientific theory. This is an embarrassment to public education. If the moronic parents who complained would rather their children be taught religious fairy tales in lieu of true science, they have the option to home school or send their poor children to private school; this sort of non sense has no place in a government run institution.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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This school is no good!

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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fire the employees involved in the issue, and put the school up to a full independent review. Science has nothing to do with religion.

The person who instituted the ban has failed as an academic of any sort and should be fired for infringing a students rights, and for doing so on the false pretense that evolution promotes a religious view.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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This school does not teach real science. It uses ID and passes it off as science, even though ID is rejected by all serious scientists.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Let's get this straight. Facts are NOT Anti-religious.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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ignorance. pure ignorance

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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I would never, ever allow my daughters to attend a school that does not fully the understand the Establishment Clause and how it relates to the shirt banning incident. Nor would I allow my daughters to attend a school that doesn't understand the basics of science, much less the importance of evolutionary theory and how it applies to ALL of nature.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Evolution is not religion. It's science. And there's nothing wrong with wearing that on a tshirt. People who are offended by evolution might as well be offended by gravity, relativity, chemistry, biology, and every other science as well. Sounds ridiculous? That's because it is.

Reviewed by Staff Member on August 31, 2009
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Ignorance should never be the cornerstone of education. Unfortunately in this case, it appears to be a fundamental standard.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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While were at it, after banning Geometry and Calculus, you can stop teaching that the Sun is the center of the solar system, and about anything that is said to have occurred prior to the date of the Earth's creation on Oct. 23rd, 4004 B.C.E. Thanks.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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lrn2intelligent

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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I demand to see the banning of Geometry and Calculus as well. 1 Kings 7:23-26 clearly says that Pi is equal to 3, not this 3.14159 nonsense our math teachers try to push. Let's go back to the 15th century.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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I hear gravity is just a theory too... Can we get that banned before it's too late?

Reviewed by Former Student on August 31, 2009
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Evolution is a fact that has nothing to do with atheism, and this school did not have the courage to go through with their convictions and speak for truth.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Let the students have their evolution t-shirts.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Damn that science religion, it's everywhere....

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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science curriculum is very weak. evolution seen as offensive to imaginary gods.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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This school supports censorship by banning T-shirts supporting evolution.

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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These people ignorantly believe the scientific theory of evolution is a religion, instead of the observed fact (backed by a large body of evidence) that it actually is.

Want your children to be good Christians, who refute science but continue to be the laughing stock of the civilised world? This school is perfect!

Note that the theory of natural selection has been observed, and is used *constantly* in research of new drugs and cancer treatments. If you do not want the US to be at the forefront of the scientific world, you can do no better than send your child to Smith-Cotton High School.

Reviewed by Student on August 31, 2009
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Evolution has nothing to do with religion.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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Evolution is not a belief on par with creationism. It is shameful and embarrassing that this school bows to the pressure of fundamentalists .

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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Ensuring another generation of innocents fall prey to the great "Sky Wizard Fantasy."

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on August 31, 2009
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This school is run by fundamentalist nuts! All reason, logic and rational learning had been abandoned in favor of radical religious views. It's a small group of crazy religious parents who have taken over the school, with the blessings of Brad Pollitt.

Reviewed by Community Member on August 31, 2009
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This school recently banned a shirt depicting a variation of the "evolution of man" sequence, on the grounds that evolution is offensive to religion. What's next, banning Physics classes because it offends G-d's monopoly on light?

Reviewed by Former Student on May 28, 2009
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Smith Cotton at the time I went to school there was and still today was about the education of the student, had a great sports program and coaches. The teaching staff was wonderful.

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