An equity score of 93/100 ranks Gideon 37 #11 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,144 per pupil, Gideon 37 ranks #92 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
215
Total Enrollment
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$17,144
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gideon 37 operates 2 public schools serving 215 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 New Madrid County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,144 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 32.2% local, 40.1% state, and 27.7% 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 93/100, ranked #11 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 108.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 5.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gideon Elem., enrolling 115 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Gideon Elem. accounts for 53.0% of all Gideon 37 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gideon 37 a distant remainder — means Gideon 37-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.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Gideon 37 student-counselor ratio is 109:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Gideon 37 chronic absenteeism rate is 5.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.