Richmond High School

Richmond High School, located in Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, United States is the high school for the Richmond R-XVI School District. Students from Camden, Henrietta, Knoxville, Millville, Rayville and Richmond attend the school. The Richmond community is the county seat of Ray County, about 30 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri, and just north of the Missouri River. The county is agricultural and business oriented, with many services, churches, banks, and a thriving downtown square featuring a historic courthouse. Richmond High was built in its present location in 1984. The previous location is currently the Richmond City Hall. RHS is a comprehensive high school with approximately 420 students in four grades. There are approximately 40 faculty members. Students followed a traditional seven-period day, with Wednesdays having an 'Advisement' period added up until the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Beginning in the 2020-2021 year, the schedule was formatted to an eight-period day, with the 'Advisement' period becoming a class itself. In response to the corona virus pandemic, the school board decided to end full-day schedules and shift into a half-day schedule. This split weekdays into A & B days, each day with two shifts. On every other Monday, the morning shift attends school for the first four periods of the day. There is a few hours break between the two shifts until the afternoon one begins. These students attend hours five through six. The next day, the morning shift would then take hours five through six, while the afternoon shift takes hours one through four. This format of schedule began in November 2020 and will end in the early days of February 2021. The Richmond R-XVI School District is proud of its recent (2019) recognition as a Bronze Level School with the U.S. News & World Report. RHS is fully accredited with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and with the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Richmond High is the home of the Spartans.