An equity score of 59/100 ranks Eminence R-I #154 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,073 per pupil, Eminence R-I ranks #192 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
273
Total Enrollment
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$14,073
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Eminence R-I operates 2 public schools serving 273 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 Shannon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,073 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 33.6% local, 31.7% state, and 34.7% 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 #154 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.
and 39.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.0% Hispanic or Latino, 49.1% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Eminence Elem., enrolling 139 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Eminence Elem. accounts for 50.9% of all Eminence R-I student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Eminence R-I a distant remainder — means Eminence R-I-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Eminence R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 39.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.