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El Dorado Springs, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks El Dorado Springs R-Ii #216 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,132 per pupil, El Dorado Springs R-Ii ranks #469 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,172
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,132
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 $10,132 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 549 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 50/100, ranked #216 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across 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 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.
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 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
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.