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Excelsior Springs, Missouri - 7 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Excelsior Springs 40 #233 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,950 per pupil, Excelsior Springs 40 ranks #277 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,687
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,950
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Excelsior Springs 40 operates 7 public schools serving 2,687 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Clay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,950 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 55.9% local, 29.1% state, and 15.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #233 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 287.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.1% White, 8.3% African American, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Excelsior Springs Tech. High, with a diversity index of 61.6/100.
Its largest campus is Excelsior Springs High, enrolling 764 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Excelsior Springs Tech. High, at 147 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Excelsior Springs High accounts for 28.4% of all Excelsior Springs 40 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Excelsior Springs 40-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Excelsior Springs 40 school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Excelsior Springs 40 school enrollment ranges from 147 students (lowest) to 764 students (highest), a spread of 617 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.
Excelsior Springs 40 student-counselor ratio is 287:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Excelsior Springs 40 is typically wider than the Excelsior Springs 40-aggregate figure suggests.
Excelsior Springs 40 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.