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Mountain Grove, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Mountain Grove R-Iii #322 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,917 per pupil, Mountain Grove R-Iii ranks #493 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,611
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,917
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mountain Grove R-Iii operates 4 public schools serving 1,611 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Wright County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,917 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 32.5% local, 38.3% state, and 29.2% 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 35/100, ranked #322 of 432 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 436.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.4% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mountain Grove Middle, with a diversity index of 15.0/100.
Its largest campus is Mountain Grove Elem., enrolling 658 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ozark Regional Juvenile Det Ct, at 6 students, a 110x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mountain Grove Elem. accounts for 40.8% of all Mountain Grove R-Iii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mountain Grove R-Iii-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.
Mountain Grove R-Iii school enrollment varies 110× across entities
Mountain Grove R-Iii school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 652 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mountain Grove R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 437:1 — 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.
Mountain Grove R-Iii chronic absenteeism rate is 17.0% — 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 Mountain Grove R-Iii is typically wider than the Mountain Grove R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.
Mountain Grove R-Iii has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,611 students.
How much does Mountain Grove R-Iii spend per student?
Mountain Grove R-Iii spends $9,917 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #322 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Mountain Grove R-Iii?
Mountain Grove R-Iii students are 94.4% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mountain Grove R-Iii?
Mountain Grove R-Iii has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #322 out of 432 districts in Missouri.