NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Marshfield, MO

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

3,045

Students

42.3/100

Avg Resource Index

15.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marshfield has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marshfield'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Marshfield's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 55-point gap between Marshfield Jr. High and Marshfield Early Learning Cntr shows the range hidden by Marshfield's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 71%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 57th percentile
Teacher staffing: 45th percentile

Marshfield High accounts for 28.4% of all Marshfield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Marshfield-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Marshfield school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities

Marshfield school enrollment ranges from 178 students (lowest) to 865 students (highest), a spread of 687 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Marshfield operates one school district — a single-district system

Marshfield'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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Marshfield student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Marshfield is typically wider than the Marshfield-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Marshfield Jr. High	55	659	middle	Marshfield R-I
2.	Marshfield High	53	865	high	Marshfield R-I
3.	Daniel Webster Elem.	52	436	elementary	Marshfield R-I
4.	Shook Elem.	48	468	elementary	Marshfield R-I
5.	Edwin P. Hubble Elem.	46	439	elementary	Marshfield R-I
6.	Marshfield Early Learning Cntr	-	178	Combined	Marshfield R-I

What do families ask about schools in Marshfield?

Which Marshfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Marshfield Jr. High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marshfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marshfield, MO? ▼

Marshfield has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,045 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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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.