Texas, Missouri
Texas County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Oct 31, 2024
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2018
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 4 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Employer Support This Period - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Add ACT WorkKeys Curriculum - 0.5 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
Emerging | High School | 316 | 123 | 122 | 58 | 13 |
College | 42 | + | 26 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 52 | 13 | 24 | 14 | + |
Public | 36 | 18 | 15 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 220 | 53 | 110 | 45 | 12 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 18 | 6 | + | 0 | + | |
Totals | 679 | 219 | 301 | 129 | 30 |
Workforce | Total NCRC |
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Emerging | High School | 316 | 123 | 122 | 58 | 13 |
College | 42 | + | 26 | 10 | + | |
Current | Private | 52 | 13 | 24 | 14 | + |
Public | 36 | 18 | 15 | + | + | |
Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
Unemployed | 220 | 53 | 110 | 45 | 12 | |
Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Workforce category not identified | 18 | 6 | + | 0 | + | |
Totals | 679 | 219 | 301 | 129 | 30 |
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 Oct 31, 2024
Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
---|---|---|
✓ Emerging | 156 | 358 |
✓
Current |
44 | 88 |
✓ Transitioning | 137 | 224 |
Workforce category not identified | 9 | 9 |
Workforce | Goals | Actual |
---|---|---|
Employers Supporting | 16 | 20 |
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
- Metropolitan National Bank
- Missouri Sun Solar LLC
- Landmark Bank
- Dairy Farmers of America
- Missouri Gun Company LLC
- Cabool Tires Inc
- Houston Herald
- City of Cabool
- Show Me Overstocks
- Cabool Enterprise
- Town and Country Supermarket
- Cabool Area Chamber of Commerce
- Kyle Smith Agency LLC
- Russell Cellular
- Landmark Bank - Cabool
- Ozarks Family YMCA (Cabool Branch)
- Piney River Brewing Co.
- LANDMARK BANK
- Mountain View Healthcare
- Wehr Ford of Mountain Grove Inc.
- Evans Funeral Home
- Houston R-1 School District
- City of Licking
- Willow Springs School District
- Whiddons Air & Electrical
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