An equity score of 36/100 ranks Maries Co. R-I #312 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,473 per pupil, Maries Co. R-I ranks #398 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
446
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,473
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maries Co. R-I operates 3 public schools serving 446 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Maries County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,473 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 58.1% local, 26.3% state, and 15.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #312 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 146.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% White, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vienna High, with a diversity index of 14.0/100.
Its largest campus is Vienna Elem., enrolling 216 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Vienna Elem. accounts for 48.4% of all Maries Co. R-I student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maries Co. R-I a distant remainder — means Maries Co. R-I-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.
Maries Co. R-I school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Maries Co. R-I school enrollment ranges from 88 students (lowest) to 216 students (highest), a spread of 128 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.
Maries Co. R-I student-counselor ratio is 147:1 — 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.
Maries Co. R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 15.4% — 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 Maries Co. R-I is typically wider than the Maries Co. R-I-aggregate figure suggests.