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Belton, Missouri - 8 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Belton 124 #247 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,550 per pupil, Belton 124 ranks #229 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,342
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$12,550
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belton 124 operates 8 public schools serving 4,342 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,550 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.1% local, 34.8% state, and 14.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #247 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 391.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.0% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mill Creek Upper Elem., with a diversity index of 63.0/100.
Its largest campus is Belton High, enrolling 1,258 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Grace Early Child. Ed. Ctr., at 228 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Belton High accounts for 29.0% of all Belton 124 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Belton 124-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Belton 124 school enrollment varies 5.5× across entities
Belton 124 school enrollment ranges from 228 students (lowest) to 1,258 students (highest), a spread of 1,030 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Belton 124 student-counselor ratio is 391:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Belton 124 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Belton 124 is typically wider than the Belton 124-aggregate figure suggests.