An equity score of 73/100 ranks Drexel R-Iv #56 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,479 per pupil, Drexel R-Iv ranks #172 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
290
Total Enrollment
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$14,479
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Drexel R-Iv operates 2 public schools serving 290 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,479 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.2% local, 41.7% state, and 10.1% 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 73/100, ranked #56 of 433 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.
a 129.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Drexel High, enrolling 134 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Drexel High accounts for 46.2% of all Drexel R-Iv student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Drexel R-Iv a distant remainder — means Drexel R-Iv-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Drexel R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 130:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Drexel R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — 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 Drexel R-Iv is typically wider than the Drexel R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.