NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Carl Junction, MO

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6 public K-12 schools in Carl Junction from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,331
Students
49.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Carl Junction has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Carl Junction's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Carl Junction's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Carl Junction lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 18 to 924 students, a 51-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 66%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
86th percentile
Teacher staffing
78th percentile

Carl Junction High School accounts for 27.7% of all Carl Junction public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Carl Junction-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carl Junction school enrollment varies 51× across entities

Carl Junction school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 924 students (highest), a spread of 906 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carl Junction operates one school district — a single-district system

Carl Junction's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carl Junction student-teacher ratio is 13.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Carl Junction Primary 2-3 58
2. Carl Junction Jr. High 53
3. Carl Junction High School 50
4. Carl Junction Intermediate 50
5. Carl Junction Primary K-1 44
6. Carl Junction Satellite School 44

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Carl Junction

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Carl Junction High School 31.9/100
  2. 2 Carl Junction Primary 2-3 31.3/100
  3. 3 Carl Junction Jr. High 31.2/100
  4. 4 Carl Junction Intermediate 30.3/100
  5. 5 Carl Junction Satellite School 29.1/100

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Which Carl Junction school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Carl Junction Primary 2-3 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Carl Junction schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Carl Junction, MO? ▼

Carl Junction has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,331 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.