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Saint Louis, Missouri - 2 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks City Garden Montessori #121 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,709 per pupil, City Garden Montessori ranks #62 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
491
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$16,709
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
City Garden Montessori operates 2 public schools serving 491 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 City.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,709 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 41.7% local, 40.2% state, and 18.0% 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 63/100, ranked #121 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.
and 9.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.3% African American, 35.5% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is City Garden Montessori Eaec, enrolling 409 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
City Garden Montessori Eaec accounts for 69.4% of all City Garden Montessori student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of City Garden Montessori a distant remainder — means City Garden Montessori-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.
City Garden Montessori chronic absenteeism rate is 9.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
City Garden Montessori has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 491 students.
How much does City Garden Montessori spend per student?
City Garden Montessori spends $16,709 per student. The district has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #121 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of City Garden Montessori?
City Garden Montessori students are 42.3% African American, 35.5% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for City Garden Montessori?
City Garden Montessori has an equity score of 63/100, ranking #121 out of 432 districts in Missouri.