Stone, Missouri
Stone County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Dec 2018
Maintained 1: Jun 2023
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Stone 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 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Stone
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 316 | 103 | 157 | 41 | 15 | 0 |
| College | 16 | + | 10 | + | + | + | |
| Current | Private | 39 | 10 | 20 | 8 | + | 0 |
| Public | 29 | 12 | 13 | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 200 | 70 | 88 | 36 | 6 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 604 | 198 | 290 | 93 | 23 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 316 | 103 | 157 | 41 | 15 | 0 |
| College | 16 | + | 10 | + | + | + | |
| Current | Private | 39 | 10 | 20 | 8 | + | 0 |
| Public | 29 | 12 | 13 | + | 0 | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 200 | 70 | 88 | 36 | 6 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | + | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 604 | 198 | 290 | 93 | 23 | + | |
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 Nov 30, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 258 | 333 |
|
✓
Current |
57 | 68 |
| Transitioning | 235 | 206 |
| Workforce category not identified | + | 1 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 61 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
Participating High Schools
These Stone County high schools help students prepare for and take the WorkKeys test.
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Reeds Spring
Contact Us
For more information on Stone County's efforts in the Work Ready program, contact:
Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce
417-739-2564
Employers in Stone County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Central Bank of Branson
- The Track Family Fun Parks
- Stone County Library
- Cox Medical Center Branson
- Dixie Stampede
- Hilton Branson Convention Center
- Heavy Construction Laborers Local 663
- Oxford HealthCare
- Ozark RVI Schools
- Tracker Marine
- Arvest Bank
- Crowder College
- Schreiber Foods
- The Arc of the Ozarks
- Kimberling Vision Center
Stonebridge Village Property Owners
Association- Blue Eye High School
- Ayres Sign Company
- Boat Floater Industries LLC
- Hammons Field
- Grizzly Industrial Inc.
Russell Cellular Inc.
Nova Center of the Ozarks
Easy Living
- Cook Development Concepts
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