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Callao, Missouri - 1 schools
At $14,426 per pupil, Callao C-8 ranks #125 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
39
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$14,426
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Callao C-8 operates 1 public schools serving 39 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Macon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,426 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 46.8% local, 37.6% state, and 15.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 17.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Callao Elem., enrolling 35 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Callao Elem. accounts for 89.7% of all Callao C-8 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Callao C-8 a distant remainder — means Callao C-8-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.
Callao C-8 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.1% — 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 Callao C-8 is typically wider than the Callao C-8-aggregate figure suggests.