Texas, Missouri
Texas County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2018
Maintained 1: Jan 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Texas is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 320 | 124 | 123 | 59 | 14 |
College | 42 | + | 26 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 53 | 14 | 24 | 14 | + |
Public | 36 | 18 | 15 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 221 | 54 | 110 | 45 | 12 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 18 | 6 | + | 0 | + | |
Totals | 685 | 222 | 302 | 130 | 31 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 320 | 124 | 123 | 59 | 14 |
College | 42 | + | 26 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 53 | 14 | 24 | 14 | + |
Public | 36 | 18 | 15 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 221 | 54 | 110 | 45 | 12 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 18 | 6 | + | 0 | + | |
Totals | 685 | 222 | 302 | 130 | 31 |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 234 | 362 |
✓
Current |
66 | 89 |
✓ Transitioning | 183 | 225 |
Workforce category not identified | 9 | 9 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 15 | 0 |
Improved ACT NCRC
To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Not Earned | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bronze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Silver | 1 | 0 | ||
Gold | 1 |
Service Delivery Locations
These are the locations in Texas County where a job seeker can take the WorkKeys test.
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City of Houston
Participating High Schools
These Texas County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Houston High School
Contact Us
For more information on Texas County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
City of Houston
417-260-1498
Employers in Texas County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- Ozark Action, Inc.
- Metropolitan National Bank
- Houston Area Chamber of Commerce
- Penmac
- Missouri Gun Company LLC
- Cabool Tires Inc
- Cabool R-IV School District
- El Imperial Mexican Restaurant
- Cabool Home Center Inc.
- Show Me Overstocks
- Cabool Enterprise
- Town and Country Supermarket
- Cabool Area Chamber of Commerce
- Russell Cellular
- Landmark Bank - Cabool
- Plato RV School District
- Ozarks Family YMCA (Cabool Branch)
- Piney River Brewing Co.
- Mountain View Healthcare
- The STARS Foundation
- Justin Shelby State Farm
- Evans Funeral Home
- Houston R-1 School District
- Whiddons Air & Electrical
- South Central Ozarks Council of
Governments
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