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Hallsville, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Hallsville R-Iv #423 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,463 per pupil, Hallsville R-Iv ranks #533 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,510
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,463
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hallsville R-Iv operates 4 public schools serving 1,510 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 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 Boone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,463 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 46.0% local, 41.9% state, and 12.1% 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 17/100, ranked #423 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 330:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.6% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hallsville Primary, with a diversity index of 29.6/100.
Its largest campus is Hallsville High, enrolling 464 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Hallsville High accounts for 29.9% of all Hallsville R-Iv student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hallsville R-Iv-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.
Hallsville R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 330:1 — 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 Hallsville R-Iv is typically wider than the Hallsville R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.
Hallsville R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 12.6% — 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.