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Kingdom City, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks North Callaway Co. R-I #235 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,104 per pupil, North Callaway Co. R-I ranks #349 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,013
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,104
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Callaway Co. R-I operates 4 public schools serving 1,013 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Callaway County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,104 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 53.2% local, 28.2% state, and 18.6% 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 48/100, ranked #235 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 199.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Callaway High, with a diversity index of 17.8/100.
Its largest campus is North Callaway High, enrolling 347 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
North Callaway High accounts for 34.3% of all North Callaway Co. R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means North Callaway Co. R-I-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
North Callaway Co. R-I school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
North Callaway Co. R-I school enrollment ranges from 169 students (lowest) to 347 students (highest), a spread of 178 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.
North Callaway Co. R-I student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
North Callaway Co. R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3% — 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 North Callaway Co. R-I is typically wider than the North Callaway Co. R-I-aggregate figure suggests.