An equity score of 24/100 ranks Dexter R-Xi #399 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,154 per pupil, Dexter R-Xi ranks #528 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,039
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$10,154
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dexter R-Xi operates 5 public schools serving 2,039 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Stoddard County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,154 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 46.0% local, 34.7% state, and 19.3% 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 24/100, ranked #399 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 409.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Southwest Elem., with a diversity index of 18.3/100.
Its largest campus is Dexter High, enrolling 553 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Southwest Elementary Preschool, at 92 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dexter High accounts for 27.1% of all Dexter R-Xi student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dexter R-Xi-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.
Dexter R-Xi school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities
Dexter R-Xi school enrollment ranges from 92 students (lowest) to 553 students (highest), a spread of 461 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.
Dexter R-Xi student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
Dexter R-Xi chronic absenteeism rate is 5.1% — 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.