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Jennings, Missouri - 7 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Jennings #148 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,480 per pupil, Jennings ranks #317 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,407
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,480
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jennings operates 7 public schools serving 2,407 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 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 St. Louis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,480 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 31.6% local, 42.4% 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 59/100, ranked #148 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.
a 281.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 44.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% African American, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fairview Primary, with a diversity index of 16.0/100.
Its largest campus is Jennings High, enrolling 666 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fairview Intermediate, at 134 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jennings High accounts for 27.7% of all Jennings student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Jennings-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.
Jennings school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities
Jennings school enrollment ranges from 134 students (lowest) to 666 students (highest), a spread of 532 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.
Jennings has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Jennings student-counselor ratio is 282:1 — 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 Jennings is typically wider than the Jennings-aggregate figure suggests.
Jennings chronic absenteeism rate is 44.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.