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Butler, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Butler R-V #411 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,025 per pupil, Butler R-V ranks #479 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
997
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,025
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Butler R-V operates 3 public schools serving 997 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Bates County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,025 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.8% local, 32.3% state, and 16.9% 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 21/100, ranked #411 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 324:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 20.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.5% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Butler High, with a diversity index of 22.6/100.
Its largest campus is Butler High, enrolling 476 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Butler Early Childhood, at 85 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Butler High accounts for 47.7% of all Butler R-V student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Butler R-V a distant remainder — means Butler R-V-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Butler R-V school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities
Butler R-V school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 476 students (highest), a spread of 391 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.
Butler R-V student-counselor ratio is 324:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Butler R-V is typically wider than the Butler R-V-aggregate figure suggests.
Butler R-V chronic absenteeism rate is 20.2% — 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 Butler R-V is typically wider than the Butler R-V-aggregate figure suggests.