NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Rolla, MO

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

7 public K-12 schools in Rolla 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

4,189

Students

43.6/100

Avg Resource Index

13.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rolla has more public-school enrollment than 47% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rolla sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Rolla's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Rolla lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 28 to 1,398 students, a 50-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 53%
School count: Top 65%
Resource Index average: 63rd percentile
Teacher staffing: 69th percentile

Rolla Sr. High accounts for 33.4% of all Rolla public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Rolla-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

Rolla school enrollment varies 50× across entities

Rolla school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 1,398 students (highest), a spread of 1,370 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Rolla student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — 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.	Rolla Middle	53	857	elementary	Rolla 31
2.	Mark Twain Elem.	49	440	Combined	Rolla 31
3.	Rolla Jr. High	46	577	middle	Rolla 31
4.	Harry S. Truman Elem.	46	448	Combined	Rolla 31
5.	Col. John B. Wyman Elem.	38	441	Combined	Rolla 31
6.	B W Robinson School	37	28	Combined	Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled
7.	Rolla Sr. High	36	1,398	high	Rolla 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rolla

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 Rolla school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rolla Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rolla schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rolla, MO? ▼

Rolla has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,189 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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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.