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Houston, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Houston R-I #119 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,575 per pupil, Houston R-I ranks #309 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,053
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,575
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Houston R-I operates 4 public schools serving 1,053 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Texas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,575 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 43.4% local, 38.3% state, and 18.4% 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 #119 of 432 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 333.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.6% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Houston High, with a diversity index of 16.1/100.
Its largest campus is Houston Elem., enrolling 443 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Exceptional Child Coop., at 40 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Houston Elem. accounts for 42.1% of all Houston R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Houston R-I-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.
Houston R-I school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Houston R-I school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 443 students (highest), a spread of 403 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Houston R-I student-counselor ratio is 333:1 — 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 Houston R-I is typically wider than the Houston R-I-aggregate figure suggests.
Houston R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 17.3% — 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 Houston R-I is typically wider than the Houston R-I-aggregate figure suggests.