An equity score of 64/100 ranks Nodaway-Holt R-Vii #113 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,327 per pupil, Nodaway-Holt R-Vii ranks #132 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
205
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,327
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nodaway-Holt R-Vii operates 2 public schools serving 205 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Nodaway County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,327 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.7% local, 22.1% state, and 11.2% 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 64/100, ranked #113 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 102.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.4% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Nodaway-Holt Elem., enrolling 116 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Nodaway-Holt Elem. accounts for 56.6% of all Nodaway-Holt R-Vii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Nodaway-Holt R-Vii a distant remainder — means Nodaway-Holt R-Vii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Nodaway-Holt R-Vii student-counselor ratio is 103:1 — 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.
Nodaway-Holt R-Vii chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — 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 Nodaway-Holt R-Vii is typically wider than the Nodaway-Holt R-Vii-aggregate figure suggests.