An equity score of 65/100 ranks Buchanan Co. R-Iv #102 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,248 per pupil, Buchanan Co. R-Iv ranks #254 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
290
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,248
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Buchanan Co. R-Iv operates 2 public schools serving 290 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Buchanan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,248 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.8% local, 49.1% state, and 9.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 65/100, ranked #102 of 433 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 217:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.8% White, 0.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rushville Elem., enrolling 157 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Rushville Elem. accounts for 54.1% of all Buchanan Co. R-Iv student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Buchanan Co. R-Iv a distant remainder — means Buchanan Co. R-Iv-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Buchanan Co. R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 217:1 — 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.
Buchanan Co. R-Iv 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 Buchanan Co. R-Iv is typically wider than the Buchanan Co. R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.