An equity score of 36/100 ranks Hickory Co. R-I #310 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,644 per pupil, Hickory Co. R-I ranks #495 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
727
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,644
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hickory Co. R-I operates 3 public schools serving 727 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Hickory County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,644 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.7% local, 34.3% state, and 31.9% 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 36/100, ranked #310 of 433 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.
a 235:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 97.8% White, 0.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Skyline Middle, with a diversity index of 7.0/100.
Its largest campus is Skyline Elem., enrolling 295 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Skyline Elem. accounts for 40.6% of all Hickory Co. R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hickory Co. R-I-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.
Hickory Co. R-I student-counselor ratio is 235:1 — 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.