An equity score of 85/100 ranks Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy #20 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,626 per pupil, Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy ranks #49 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy operates 1 public schools serving 364 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,626 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 56 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.9% local, 61.5% state, and 22.6% 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 85/100, ranked #20 of 433 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 133.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 48.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy, enrolling 401 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy a distant remainder — means Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy reports 99.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy student-counselor ratio is 134:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 48.4% — 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.
How many schools are in Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy?
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 364 students.
How much does Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy spend per student?
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy spends $19,626 per student. The district has an equity score of 85/100, ranking #20 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy?
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy students are 93.8% African American, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy?
Lee a. Tolbert Com. Academy has an equity score of 85/100, ranking #20 out of 433 districts in Missouri.