NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Sedalia, MO

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

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11
Schools
5,330
Students
48.5/100
Avg Resource Index
11.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sedalia has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sedalia lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Sedalia's 11 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 17-point gap between Horace Mann Elem. and Early Childhood Ctr. shows the range hidden by Sedalia'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 42%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
91st percentile

Smith-Cotton High School accounts for 29.1% of all Sedalia public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sedalia-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

Sedalia school enrollment varies 141× across entities

Sedalia school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 1,551 students (highest), a spread of 1,540 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Sedalia reports 55.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sedalia student-teacher ratio is 11.6:1 — 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. Horace Mann Elem. 58
2. E W Thompson School 58
3. Washington Elem. 53
4. Sedalia Middle School 49
5. Pettis Co. Elem. 49
6. Parkview Elem. 48
7. Smith Cotton Junior High Schl 45
8. Skyline Elem. 45
9. Heber Hunt Elem. 45
10. Smith-Cotton High School 42
11. Early Childhood Ctr. 41

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sedalia

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 Heber Hunt Elem. 64.7/100
  2. 2 Washington Elem. 62.5/100
  3. 3 Horace Mann Elem. 58.0/100
  4. 4 Smith-Cotton High School 51.3/100
  5. 5 Early Childhood Ctr. 50.9/100

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Which Sedalia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Horace Mann Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sedalia 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 Sedalia, MO? ▼

Sedalia has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,330 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.6:1.

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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.