NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Reeds Spring, MO

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

5 public K-12 schools in Reeds Spring 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

1,718

Students

47.2/100

Avg Resource Index

12.4:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Reeds Spring has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Reeds Spring's 5 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

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

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Reeds Spring's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 79th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 5-point gap between Reeds Spring Elem. and Reeds Spring Primary measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment: Top 92%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 79th percentile
Teacher staffing: 85th percentile

Reeds Spring High accounts for 32.6% of all Reeds Spring public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Reeds Spring-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

Reeds Spring school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Reeds Spring school enrollment ranges from 254 students (lowest) to 560 students (highest), a spread of 306 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

Reeds Spring operates one school district — a single-district system

Reeds Spring'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

Reeds Spring student-teacher ratio is 12.4:1 — 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Reeds Spring Elem.	50	352	elementary	Reeds Spring R-Iv
2.	Reeds Spring Middle	48	268	middle	Reeds Spring R-Iv
3.	Reeds Spring Intermediate	47	254	elementary	Reeds Spring R-Iv
4.	Reeds Spring High	46	560	high	Reeds Spring R-Iv
5.	Reeds Spring Primary	45	284	Combined	Reeds Spring R-Iv

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Reeds Spring

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.

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Which Reeds Spring school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Reeds Spring Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Reeds Spring schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Reeds Spring, MO? ▼

Reeds Spring has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,718 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.4:1.

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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.