Editing Keytesville, Missouri (section)

==Education==
[[File:KeytesvilleMo2.JPG|thumb|upright|Keytesville school, built in 1889.]]
Keytesville R-III School district serves the town of Keytesville and surrounding rural area. Education in the community dates to before the Civil War, but records indicating the exact date were lost in an 1861 fire at the county clerk's office.<ref name="School">{{cite web|url=http://keytesville.k12.mo.us/assets/history12.html |title=Keytesville School History |publisher=Keytesville R-III website |year=2011 |access-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101022422/http://keytesville.k12.mo.us/assets/history12.html |archive-date= 1 November 2012 }}</ref> In 1889, what might be considered the first modern-style school, a large 2-story building, was erected at a cost of $13,000.<ref>''Chariton Courier'', 29 May 1896.</ref> By 1909, Keytesville school was rated a first-class school by the state of Missouri. In 1949, a large number of the rural schools were combined with Keytesville to form the current district.<ref name="School"/> The current high school was constructed in 1959, with the current elementary school added in 1967. In 2010, the district had a total of 153 students K-12, and a graduation rate of 90-percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keytesvillechamber.com/documents/SCHOOLSCOUNTYDATAANDSTATISTICS.pdf |title=Chariton County school districts data |publisher=Keytesville Chamber of Commerce |year=2011 |access-date=5 August 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The school mascot is the Tiger and school colors are black and gold. Keytesville competes athletically in the Carroll-Livingston Activities Association. Its enrollment places the Tigers in Class 1 under [[Missouri State High School Activities Association]] guidelines.