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St Louis, Missouri - 6 schools
An equity score of 92/100 ranks Confluence Academies #9 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,908 per pupil, Confluence Academies ranks #55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,453
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,908
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Confluence Academies operates 6 public schools serving 2,453 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 $16,908 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.9% local, 65.9% state, and 25.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 92/100, ranked #9 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 335.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.8% African American, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South City, with a diversity index of 53.1/100.
Its largest campus is South City, enrolling 838 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Aspire Academy, at 112 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
South City accounts for 34.1% of all Confluence Academies student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Confluence Academies-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.
Confluence Academies school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities
Confluence Academies school enrollment ranges from 112 students (lowest) to 838 students (highest), a spread of 726 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.
Confluence Academies has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Confluence Academies student-counselor ratio is 336:1 — 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 Confluence Academies is typically wider than the Confluence Academies-aggregate figure suggests.
Confluence Academies chronic absenteeism rate is 48.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.