An equity score of 19/100 ranks Lawson R-Xiv #418 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,973 per pupil, Lawson R-Xiv ranks #461 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,090
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,973
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lawson R-Xiv operates 3 public schools serving 1,090 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 Ray County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,973 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 49.2% local, 39.1% state, and 11.7% 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 19/100, ranked #418 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 381:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.2% White, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lawson High, with a diversity index of 8.5/100.
Its largest campus is Southwest Elem., enrolling 439 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Southwest Elem. accounts for 38.4% of all Lawson R-Xiv student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lawson R-Xiv-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.
Lawson R-Xiv student-counselor ratio is 381:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lawson R-Xiv chronic absenteeism rate is 14.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.