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Gallatin, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Gallatin R-V #210 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,444 per pupil, Gallatin R-V ranks #321 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
548
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,444
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gallatin R-V operates 3 public schools serving 548 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 Daviess County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,444 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 46.4% local, 31.1% state, and 22.5% 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 51/100, ranked #210 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 186.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Covel D. Searcy Elem., with a diversity index of 10.2/100.
Its largest campus is Covel D. Searcy Elem., enrolling 225 students (41% of the district's total enrollment).
Covel D. Searcy Elem. accounts for 41.1% of all Gallatin R-V student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gallatin R-V-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.
Gallatin R-V student-counselor ratio is 187:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Gallatin R-V chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — 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 Gallatin R-V is typically wider than the Gallatin R-V-aggregate figure suggests.