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Brentwood, Missouri - 5 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Brentwood #126 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,215 per pupil, Brentwood ranks #26 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
775
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$20,215
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brentwood operates 5 public schools serving 775 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in St. Louis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,215 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 95.0% local, 2.0% state, and 3.0% 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 62/100, ranked #126 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 191:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 10.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.5% White, 11.1% African American, 10.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brentwood High, with a diversity index of 64.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mcgrath Elem., enrolling 236 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Mcgrath Elem. accounts for 27.9% of all Brentwood student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Brentwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Brentwood school enrollment varies 2.8× across entities
Brentwood school enrollment ranges from 83 students (lowest) to 236 students (highest), a spread of 153 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.
Brentwood student-counselor ratio is 191:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Brentwood chronic absenteeism rate is 10.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.