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Hillsboro, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Grandview R-Ii #208 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,779 per pupil, Grandview R-Ii ranks #293 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,387
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,779
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grandview R-Ii operates 4 public schools serving 2,387 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,779 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 54.7% local, 34.3% state, and 11.0% 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 51/100, ranked #208 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 202:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.8% White, 8.0% African American, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Missouri Virtual Academy, with a diversity index of 53.6/100.
Its largest campus is Missouri Virtual Academy, enrolling 3,895 students (87% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Grandview Middle, at 138 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Missouri Virtual Academy accounts for 86.5% of all Grandview R-Ii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Grandview R-Ii a distant remainder — means Grandview 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.
Grandview R-Ii school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Grandview R-Ii school enrollment ranges from 138 students (lowest) to 3,895 students (highest), a spread of 3,757 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Grandview R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 202:1 — 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.
Grandview R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 19.8% — 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 Grandview R-Ii is typically wider than the Grandview R-Ii-aggregate figure suggests.