An equity score of 85/100 ranks Guadalupe Centers Schools #18 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,440 per pupil, Guadalupe Centers Schools ranks #86 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,569
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,440
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Guadalupe Centers Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,569 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,440 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 18.0% local, 65.9% state, and 16.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 85/100, ranked #18 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 328.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% White, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Guadalupe Centers Elementary, with a diversity index of 7.0/100.
Its largest campus is Guadalupe Centers Elementary, enrolling 801 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Guadalupe Centers Elementary accounts for 49.6% of all Guadalupe Centers Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Guadalupe Centers Schools a distant remainder — means Guadalupe Centers Schools-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Guadalupe Centers Schools school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Guadalupe Centers Schools school enrollment ranges from 355 students (lowest) to 801 students (highest), a spread of 446 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Guadalupe Centers Schools student-counselor ratio is 328:1 — 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 Guadalupe Centers Schools is typically wider than the Guadalupe Centers Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Guadalupe Centers Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — 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.