An equity score of 59/100 ranks El Dorado Springs R-Ii #151 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,676 per pupil, El Dorado Springs R-Ii ranks #381 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,172
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,676
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
El Dorado Springs R-Ii operates 3 public schools serving 1,172 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 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 Cedar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,676 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.1% local, 34.8% state, and 26.0% 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 59/100, ranked #151 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 383.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is El Dorado Springs Middle, with a diversity index of 10.7/100.
Its largest campus is El Dorado Springs Elem., enrolling 564 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
El Dorado Springs Elem. accounts for 48.1% of all El Dorado Springs R-Ii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of El Dorado Springs R-Ii a distant remainder — means El Dorado Springs R-Ii-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.
El Dorado Springs R-Ii school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
El Dorado Springs R-Ii school enrollment ranges from 266 students (lowest) to 564 students (highest), a spread of 298 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.
El Dorado Springs R-Ii reports 65.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
El Dorado Springs R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 384:1 — 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.
El Dorado Springs R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0% — 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 El Dorado Springs R-Ii is typically wider than the El Dorado Springs R-Ii-aggregate figure suggests.