An equity score of 28/100 ranks Cassville R-Iv #374 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,622 per pupil, Cassville R-Iv ranks #496 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,908
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,622
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cassville R-Iv operates 4 public schools serving 1,908 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Barry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,622 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 56 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.6% local, 34.4% state, and 20.9% 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 28/100, ranked #374 of 433 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.
a 382:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cassville Intermediate, with a diversity index of 32.2/100.
Its largest campus is Cassville High, enrolling 586 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Cassville High accounts for 30.7% of all Cassville R-Iv student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cassville R-Iv-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Cassville R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 382:1 — 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.
Cassville R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 20.5% — 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 Cassville R-Iv is typically wider than the Cassville R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.