An equity score of 63/100 ranks Hickman Mills C-1 #115 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,610 per pupil, Hickman Mills C-1 ranks #165 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,121
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$14,610
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hickman Mills C-1 operates 11 public schools serving 5,121 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle, 2 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $14,610 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 42.1% local, 31.9% state, and 26.0% 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 63/100, ranked #115 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 330.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.4% African American, 19.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dobbs Elementary, with a diversity index of 64.4/100.
Its largest campus is Ruskin High School, enrolling 1,299 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Freda Markley Early Childhood, at 190 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ruskin High School accounts for 24.8% of all Hickman Mills C-1 student enrollment
That concentration means Hickman Mills C-1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Hickman Mills C-1 school enrollment varies 6.8× across entities
Hickman Mills C-1 school enrollment ranges from 190 students (lowest) to 1,299 students (highest), a spread of 1,109 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 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.
Hickman Mills C-1 student-counselor ratio is 331:1 — 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 Hickman Mills C-1 is typically wider than the Hickman Mills C-1-aggregate figure suggests.
Hickman Mills C-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 41.0% — 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.