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Laquey, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Laquey R-V #151 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,176 per pupil, Laquey R-V ranks #466 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
788
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,176
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Laquey R-V operates 3 public schools serving 788 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined 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 Pulaski County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,176 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 33.2% local, 51.3% state, and 15.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #151 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 220.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 40.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.9% White, 9.6% African American, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Missouri Digital Academy, with a diversity index of 53.1/100.
Its largest campus is Missouri Digital Academy, enrolling 1,377 students (76% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Laquey R-V High, at 205 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Missouri Digital Academy accounts for 75.7% of all Laquey R-V student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Laquey R-V a distant remainder — means Laquey R-V-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.
Laquey R-V school enrollment varies 6.7× across entities
Laquey R-V school enrollment ranges from 205 students (lowest) to 1,377 students (highest), a spread of 1,172 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.
Laquey R-V student-counselor ratio is 221:1 — 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.
Laquey R-V chronic absenteeism rate is 40.7% — 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.